Comment by gnicholas
2 years ago
I have been bitten by this in the past. At least now they give warnings in-app that the app will expire soon. But if you don't use the app regularly, you wouldn't even know. Also, I'm not aware of any other apps that die in this way, so it's not like people are in the habit of periodically checking the app to make sure they're still on a version that can receive incoming messages.
This has more sinister implications in some places. For example, Apple app store in Russia can get banned at any time. So if I understand this correctly, if that happens, Signal will stop working for all iPhone owners in Russia in 6 months. And guess where you really need something like Signal?