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You're not wrong, but in terms of a polished alternative to discord... Telegram is a pretty solid option. It's ultimately still better than Discord.
Personally, I hope Telegram improves their privacy guarantees, or enough time passes that the true E2EE apps can "catch up" to the feature set and quality of the clients.
It's been doing the exact opposite and implementing more targeted advertising after several previous monetization attempts (including a cryptocurrency integration) flopped.
Similarly the feature set is increasingly locked behind "premium" paywall.
It's headed in no good direction if you ask me.