Automatic charges for Telegram Premium subscription
Users have noticed @PremiumBot renews the subscription a day before the scheduled date.
Automatic Renewal FAQ
• How to disable automatic renewal?
Send the
• Why did the renewal happen before my subscription expired?
It's a common practice for subscriptions to renew a day (or even sooner) before the expiration. You can see this happening in the App Store and Google Play too. Although the @PremiumBot tells you the "next payment date", it seems like the developers didn't consider the fact that the bot can renew subscriptions earlier. The date the bot tells you is actually the expiration date for your subscription in case you cancel it.
• Why the date shifted back in the next month?
It looks like @PremiumBot considers a month to be a 30-day period. There's still a probability for this to be an error, but the messenger team didn't comment on this regard.
• Why did the price in @PremiumBot get lower?
In first few days after the sells started, Telegram was still adjusting the prices in some regions, like Russia, so in some markets price got lower. You don't need to cancel the subscription and resubscribe to get the new price.
• Will there be compensation if I paid more in the first month due to the price adjustments?
No, compensation for price fluctuations in June is not planned.
• Why is the price for Telegram Premium higher in App Store and Google Play?
Because of App Store and Google Play fees, and also local taxes in some markets.
The subscription is cheaper to get with the @PremiumBot. Because of digital app stores rules, the bot only works on webz.telegram.org and Telegram apps downloaded from telegram.org. The bot won't start in apps installed from app stores or third parties.
• I didn't set the "Save Information for future use" checkbox while entering my payment data, but I was still automatically charged!
This checkbox is responsible for one-time payments in bots. Telegram Premium is a subscription.
Subscriptions don't store your payment data. Instead, they "tokenize" your card. This means the store asks for a special key from your bank, which allows the merchant to make regular payments without storing your card info. These keys usually continue to work even if you re-issue the card because of its expiry, or if you do it manually. Some banks allow revoking such keys from their online banking apps.
#premium #faq
Users have noticed @PremiumBot renews the subscription a day before the scheduled date.
Automatic Renewal FAQ
• How to disable automatic renewal?
Send the
/stop command after every payment. Telegram Premium will continue to work but won't renew automatically upon expiration.• Why did the renewal happen before my subscription expired?
It's a common practice for subscriptions to renew a day (or even sooner) before the expiration. You can see this happening in the App Store and Google Play too. Although the @PremiumBot tells you the "next payment date", it seems like the developers didn't consider the fact that the bot can renew subscriptions earlier. The date the bot tells you is actually the expiration date for your subscription in case you cancel it.
• Why the date shifted back in the next month?
It looks like @PremiumBot considers a month to be a 30-day period. There's still a probability for this to be an error, but the messenger team didn't comment on this regard.
• Why did the price in @PremiumBot get lower?
In first few days after the sells started, Telegram was still adjusting the prices in some regions, like Russia, so in some markets price got lower. You don't need to cancel the subscription and resubscribe to get the new price.
• Will there be compensation if I paid more in the first month due to the price adjustments?
No, compensation for price fluctuations in June is not planned.
• Why is the price for Telegram Premium higher in App Store and Google Play?
Because of App Store and Google Play fees, and also local taxes in some markets.
The subscription is cheaper to get with the @PremiumBot. Because of digital app stores rules, the bot only works on webz.telegram.org and Telegram apps downloaded from telegram.org. The bot won't start in apps installed from app stores or third parties.
• I didn't set the "Save Information for future use" checkbox while entering my payment data, but I was still automatically charged!
This checkbox is responsible for one-time payments in bots. Telegram Premium is a subscription.
Subscriptions don't store your payment data. Instead, they "tokenize" your card. This means the store asks for a special key from your bank, which allows the merchant to make regular payments without storing your card info. These keys usually continue to work even if you re-issue the card because of its expiry, or if you do it manually. Some banks allow revoking such keys from their online banking apps.
#premium #faq
Messages on behalf of channels with Premium subscription
Users have reported that accounts without an active Premium subscription can no more comment on channel posts or send messages in groups on behalf of a channel.
A close source to the Telegram development team talks about that decision this way:
“Since the introduction of this feature, it has been difficult to assess the scale of the scams made.
80% of the comments made and messages sent on behalf of channels were identified as spam. Previously, channel and group administrators suggested removing this feature entirely, but instead of that, we have limited it to those who have an active Premium subscription. Hopefully, this will reduce the spam operations that take advantage of this feature, without having to entirely drop the feature.”
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Users have reported that accounts without an active Premium subscription can no more comment on channel posts or send messages in groups on behalf of a channel.
A close source to the Telegram development team talks about that decision this way:
“Since the introduction of this feature, it has been difficult to assess the scale of the scams made.
80% of the comments made and messages sent on behalf of channels were identified as spam. Previously, channel and group administrators suggested removing this feature entirely, but instead of that, we have limited it to those who have an active Premium subscription. Hopefully, this will reduce the spam operations that take advantage of this feature, without having to entirely drop the feature.”
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Telegram revokes fraudulent gifted Premium subscriptions
Users who fraudulently bought Premium subscriptions from third-party vendors have started receiving notifications from Telegram's service account stating that their subscriptions have been canceled.
Legal subscriptions that were purchased or received as gift will remain valid.
Earlier, users discovered a vulnerability in Telegram, which allowed them to give out Premium for free to other users by various methods (from Jailbreak on an iOS device to a single purchase via Apple Gift Card, including some steps in between), thus abusing the "hole" in the messenger. The financial damage to the messenger due to the lack of money received for subscriptions could be estimated at hundreds of thousands, or even millions of US dollars.
The Telegram team reminds: If you want to purchase a genuine Telegram Premium subscription, you must use the verified @PremiumBot or other official payment methods. Otherwise, as this situation shows, you may pay not only for the subscription, but also for your money (which scammers are unlikely to reimburse).
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Users who fraudulently bought Premium subscriptions from third-party vendors have started receiving notifications from Telegram's service account stating that their subscriptions have been canceled.
Legal subscriptions that were purchased or received as gift will remain valid.
Earlier, users discovered a vulnerability in Telegram, which allowed them to give out Premium for free to other users by various methods (from Jailbreak on an iOS device to a single purchase via Apple Gift Card, including some steps in between), thus abusing the "hole" in the messenger. The financial damage to the messenger due to the lack of money received for subscriptions could be estimated at hundreds of thousands, or even millions of US dollars.
The Telegram team reminds: If you want to purchase a genuine Telegram Premium subscription, you must use the verified @PremiumBot or other official payment methods. Otherwise, as this situation shows, you may pay not only for the subscription, but also for your money (which scammers are unlikely to reimburse).
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Less strict restrictions for subscribers of Telegram Premium and more details from @SpamBot
Now if an account reaches its limits @SpamBot will send an updated text about limits and reasons for reaching limits.
Moreover, the bot offers to buy Telegram Premium for an account to have fewer restrictions in the future.
The Telegram Info team supposes that after updating Telegram to version 9.2, the level of erroneous blocking may be increased due to the new anti-spam system.
For a detailed analysis of the rules of the antispam-system please send the response texts from @SpamBot to @infowritebot.
#ban #premium
Now if an account reaches its limits @SpamBot will send an updated text about limits and reasons for reaching limits.
Moreover, the bot offers to buy Telegram Premium for an account to have fewer restrictions in the future.
The Telegram Info team supposes that after updating Telegram to version 9.2, the level of erroneous blocking may be increased due to the new anti-spam system.
For a detailed analysis of the rules of the antispam-system please send the response texts from @SpamBot to @infowritebot.
#ban #premium
Telegram Info English
You can no longer gift cheap Telegram Premium subscriptions to users from other countries In the latest update, it became possible to gift a premium subscription to other users. To save money, some users began to gift Premium subscriptions through accounts…
What determines the price of Telegram Premium
Yesterday, on Valentine's Day, Telegram announced a promotion that allowed you to gift a Premium subscription to another user with a discount of up to 40%.
Many users noticed that discount size was less than they expected, and some even saw that on February 13 the subscription price was increased.
Here is what @tginfoen has learned about Premium pricing:
1. First of all prices (both for subscription for me and for subscription as a gift) are calculated in dollars, and then converted into user's local currency. Here is how the conversion works: Telegram Premium FAQ - Can I pay in my local currency.
2. Prices for a subscription for me and a subscription as a gift are calculated differently: the price "for me" depends on user's location based on user's phone number, and the price of a gift depends neither on the location of the giver nor on the location of the recipient.
3. The price of gifts is recalculated every hour. Whether the original price in dollars changes, or only changes in the exchange rate are taken into account, is unknown.
We will continue to find out the details of how the price of Telegram Premium is determined in different situations.
#FAQ #Premium
Yesterday, on Valentine's Day, Telegram announced a promotion that allowed you to gift a Premium subscription to another user with a discount of up to 40%.
Many users noticed that discount size was less than they expected, and some even saw that on February 13 the subscription price was increased.
Here is what @tginfoen has learned about Premium pricing:
1. First of all prices (both for subscription for me and for subscription as a gift) are calculated in dollars, and then converted into user's local currency. Here is how the conversion works: Telegram Premium FAQ - Can I pay in my local currency.
2. Prices for a subscription for me and a subscription as a gift are calculated differently: the price "for me" depends on user's location based on user's phone number, and the price of a gift depends neither on the location of the giver nor on the location of the recipient.
3. The price of gifts is recalculated every hour. Whether the original price in dollars changes, or only changes in the exchange rate are taken into account, is unknown.
We will continue to find out the details of how the price of Telegram Premium is determined in different situations.
#FAQ #Premium
Now it's easier to gift Telegram Premium
Developers have improved the @PremiumBot.
Now you can gift somebody with the subscription by sending /gift command, which makes a special button show up. The button allows you to pick a user from your chat list. The list is filtered to only show contacts, non-contacts, and bots.
If you will try to gift the subscription to a user with an active Premium subscription or a bot, the bot will respond with following message:
"This bot can't help you purchase Telegram Premium as a Gift for this user. This could be because the user already has a Telegram Premium subscription."
#premium
Developers have improved the @PremiumBot.
Now you can gift somebody with the subscription by sending /gift command, which makes a special button show up. The button allows you to pick a user from your chat list. The list is filtered to only show contacts, non-contacts, and bots.
If you will try to gift the subscription to a user with an active Premium subscription or a bot, the bot will respond with following message:
"This bot can't help you purchase Telegram Premium as a Gift for this user. This could be because the user already has a Telegram Premium subscription."
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Purchasing Premium using TON
In the client-side source code of the Fragment platform, there has been changes related to Telegram Premium.
According to these changes, there will be the ability of purchasing Telegram Premium subscriptions via TON on Fragment. Users would not only be able to purchase subscriptions for themselves, but they would also be able to gift Telegram Premium subscriptions to other users.
#TON #premium
In the client-side source code of the Fragment platform, there has been changes related to Telegram Premium.
According to these changes, there will be the ability of purchasing Telegram Premium subscriptions via TON on Fragment. Users would not only be able to purchase subscriptions for themselves, but they would also be able to gift Telegram Premium subscriptions to other users.
#TON #premium
Resetting login email
Users report that the Telegram app for Android now allows you to reset the email address previously specified for receiving one-time authorization codes.
According to the screenshots, Telegram Premium subscribers can reset their email instantly, while for other users, the email will be reset within 7 days.
#authorization #premium #android
Users report that the Telegram app for Android now allows you to reset the email address previously specified for receiving one-time authorization codes.
According to the screenshots, Telegram Premium subscribers can reset their email instantly, while for other users, the email will be reset within 7 days.
#authorization #premium #android
Telegram Info English
Reacting as Groups and Channels Currently, you can send messages on behalf of your groups and channels, but your reactions will still be on behalf of your personal account. In the upcoming version of Telegram, you will be able to make your reactions on behalf…
Reactions on behalf of channels
Now, on behalf of your public channels, you can not only send messages to public groups but also leave reactions under them, as well as participate in polls.
To act on behalf of a channel, select a channel you own to the left of the message input line. When a channel is selected, all reactions and votes will be sent on behalf of that channel.
You cannot mix reactions on your behalf and your channels. For example, if you first put a reaction on your behalf, and then the second on behalf of the channel, then the first reaction will change its author to the channel.
Reactions on behalf of chats are also available, but only for the chat creator. To do this, the chat owner must give himself the right to anonymity, then he will be able not only to leave anonymous messages but also to put anonymous reactions.
#reactions #premium
Now, on behalf of your public channels, you can not only send messages to public groups but also leave reactions under them, as well as participate in polls.
To act on behalf of a channel, select a channel you own to the left of the message input line. When a channel is selected, all reactions and votes will be sent on behalf of that channel.
You cannot mix reactions on your behalf and your channels. For example, if you first put a reaction on your behalf, and then the second on behalf of the channel, then the first reaction will change its author to the channel.
Reactions on behalf of chats are also available, but only for the chat creator. To do this, the chat owner must give himself the right to anonymity, then he will be able not only to leave anonymous messages but also to put anonymous reactions.
#reactions #premium