Comment by stew_exe

Using Signal isn't all that inconvenient, it's just not a pretty app. It does what it advertises, it sends messages, photos, voice memos with a few extras like disappearing messages. Sure, it's missing the 'frilly' features like Samsung and Apple have in their messengers but it gets it's job done considerably well. I think Signal is actually a better example of an application where the privacy/convenience trade off is rather mild. There are no requirements to authenticate each time you open it, you can choose weather or not to allow in-app screenshots, it still sends SMS (on Android) so it can replace your built in SMS without having to switch between secure and non-secure apps for messaging.