Telegram will soon begin to place some functionality behind a paywall. In a blog post, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said that the messaging service will debut a paid Telegram Premium subscription later this month, providing users with “extra features, speed, and resources.”
Durov teases some of the subscription’s perks, such as early access to new features, the ability to upload larger files, and Premium-only stickers and reactions (which were recently previewed in a beta version of the app).
