Comment by infotainment
2 years ago
Agreed. It’s ridiculous that they’re even calling this feature usernames, since you still need a phone number, thus completely defeating the purpose of a “username”.
2 years ago
Agreed. It’s ridiculous that they’re even calling this feature usernames, since you still need a phone number, thus completely defeating the purpose of a “username”.
For most services to sign up, you also need an email address. This is also to help you recover your account in case you lost your password. A phone number can be used for this purpose too. Now you can share your Signal account with someone without sharing your phone number. Like you can share your Facebook username without sharing your email address.
Email addresses can be anonymous, though, unlike (for the majority of people) phone numbers.