The sms decision made signal go from THE messaging app on my phone to an app I only use with a very small subset of my contacts. It is infuriating that they didn't allow users to retain that functionality when it costs them nothing, and they could have disabled it by default.
I still use Signal a lot, since most people I frequently talk to use it. However, this was extremely frustrating. Having 1 messaging app for so long was incredibly nice.
A lot of people, myself included, have it installed but never use it after they dropped SMS support.
Only a tiny fraction of my contacts use Signal, and most of those are also on Whatsapp, Telegram, Discord, and others.
Signal offers essentially nothing to me.
The sms decision made signal go from THE messaging app on my phone to an app I only use with a very small subset of my contacts. It is infuriating that they didn't allow users to retain that functionality when it costs them nothing, and they could have disabled it by default.
I still use Signal a lot, since most people I frequently talk to use it. However, this was extremely frustrating. Having 1 messaging app for so long was incredibly nice.
You paid them nothing and are infuriated. Interesting.
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Except real privacy?
Not even that, because it is linked to phone numbers.
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Why is it more private than WhatsApp?
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My lawyer stopped using signal due to the sms support being dropped. It became too much of a hassle and wasn't worth it.
Many of my family also dropped Signal.
It is now really only used by the hyper-privacy conscious.
I really don't get why people are still using SMS. Is data really that expensive?