They are making their users pay for things that are free everywhere else (not just telegram, there are slack, discord, whatsapp, and so on), and the only reason people pay for that is that users are altruistic enough to pay money for something that's free and more valuable with network effect. Even if their narrative was "we are charging because that's how you can truly own your data", they should charge per month, not a one time fee. This is what all the ICO scammers did. They charged a lot of money up front, promising a world of decentralized governance, and then just walked away with the users left with nothing. If Twetch guys walk way from the project tomorrow, it's all done. If you look at their past history (the Twetch founders) they hyped up a lot of projects like they did with Twetch, and then walked away when it didn't make them money anymore.
They are making their users pay for things that are free everywhere else (not just telegram, there are slack, discord, whatsapp, and so on), and the only reason people pay for that is that users are altruistic enough to pay money for something that's free and more valuable with network effect. Even if their narrative was "we are charging because that's how you can truly own your data", they should charge per month, not a one time fee. This is what all the ICO scammers did. They charged a lot of money up front, promising a world of decentralized governance, and then just walked away with the users left with nothing. If Twetch guys walk way from the project tomorrow, it's all done. If you look at their past history (the Twetch founders) they hyped up a lot of projects like they did with Twetch, and then walked away when it didn't make them money anymore.