currently a vote going on about if the channel should be opened back up or not.
in the meantime, use the link below if you want to access the channel for now
this is bound to change
https://www.tg-me.com/+xDHLNWzLLPU1N2Ix
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Telegram is a free app and runs on donations. According to a blog on the telegram: We believe in fast and secure messaging that is also 100% free. Pavel Durov, who shares our vision, supplied Telegram with a generous donation, so we have quite enough money for the time being. If Telegram runs out, we will introduce non-essential paid options to support the infrastructure and finance developer salaries. But making profits will never be an end-goal for Telegram.
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