Telegram To Start Charging Users For some Characteristics in 2021 advertised founder Pavel Durov

Durov affirmed that at the platform Telegram is at, project owners are usually faced with two choices - either to sell the business or begin making enough to make up for the price.

Telegram messenger: Telegram is set to become paid features next year! Telegram founder Russia’s Pavel Durov stated that the messenger is nearing about 500 active users. 

Taking to his channel on Telegram, Durov said that at this scale plans usually expect hundreds of millions of dollars to sustain. So far, Durov had been maintaining the expenses on his own, because Telegram had been presenting all features for free. However, now, he said, that the messenger has reached a stage where it needs relevant funding because it is about to reach millions of users.

Durov stated that at this point, project owners are usually faced with two options – either to sell the company or to start earning enough to make up for the cost.

He vehemently rejected the idea of selling Telegram, citing the example of WhatsApp, which was sold by its founders to social media giant Facebook. 

He also confirmed that the 8-year-old project would support for a long time, and have on attaching to the features it has already brought in, viz, encryption, simplicity, speed, functionality as well as the design.

He then stated that in order to resume the speed of growth, Telegram would start making revenue from 2021, which he confirmed would be done in a non-intrusive manner with most users not even notifying any changes.

He also stated that features that are free currently, would continue to remain free, while some new features would be added for power users and business teams. These features, he said, would be in need of more resources, and therefore would be paid for by premium users, while the normal users would continue to enjoy Telegram for free Forever.

These measures, Durov asserted, would provide the messenger to carry more changes while also adhering to the benefits that it has supported over the years.