The author makes the point that Telegram advertises itself as secure, but isn’t except a hidden out of the way option that almost nobody will use.

The truth of the matter is Telegram has the full plaintext content of almost every message posted on that site.

You can extend this argument to saying everyone should master the command line. They’re all interfaces. There’s no “right way” to use a computer.

Jobs turned the computer into a product used by everyday people who don’t give a shit about how it works, and that’s fine. That’s empowering because it lowers the barrier to entry.

That said, we’ve been in a much worse “eternal September” since the iPhone shipped.