1. Because it's all we have left. We have an open protocol that is getting better by the day, we have hope. 2. We need the ability to openly communicate in a permissionless way. We cannot rely on centralized trash and people like elon. Telegram's founder gave in to the government in less than 2 weeks. 3. See 1 and 2.
Telegram was never free, open, or private.
ummm, ok?