They still do this. For example, it's "do something with iPhone" or "Try iPhone today". Although they refer to "an" iphone in the singular, it's never "the iPhone".
Adobe also has some similar rules, for example, they prevent partners from using "photoshop" as a verb.
Chromium contains google services, and significant google integration. It does not contain any of the closed source components, including some security components and DRM.
It's novel, it's a huge iteration in the space. But, it's also being misrepresented as more significant than it is due to the summary being friendly to laypeople.
Tons, and tons. Telegram has a better user experience as well, both in the quality of the apps, and the way features work. Of course, in some cases, signal is a little hamstrung due to their aggressive security model.
Although, I think most of those telegram features are cute little addons and aren't really core to the purpose of the app (messaging).
Personally, I use signal for everything and have gotten my friends on it as well.
Signal doesn't have the benefit of resources that telegram does. Also, they have to build their platform out "correctly" the first time, which makes life much harder.
Maybe instead of focusing on mobilecoin integration they should work on some of these important things. Their credibility already took a dent because of that
Adobe also has some similar rules, for example, they prevent partners from using "photoshop" as a verb.