No, when Telegram was published, it had identical UI to that of WhatsApp, although people seem to have conveniently forgotten this fact. Also, Telegram is still lacking basic E2EE for group chats, and you also can't have E2EE on desktop, so any "feature" they might implement is not an actual feature because it's not secure.
You're right of course. We we should have a preferred order. Let's define conditions as something common like group chat. Let's also define backdoor as something that allows any non-group member to read the messages.
1. Signal: Open source with E2EE group chats. Best choice, let's use that.
2. WhatsApp, Proprietary with E2EE group chats. E2EE implementation might have a backdoor with some probability. Let's avoid it if we can.
3. Telegram: Open source client with no E2EE group chats. The implementation leaks all group chats to server and anyone who hacks the server, and there's nothing we can do. It's backdoored by design. Let's avoid it at all costs.
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