Really? They dropped SMS support which forced all users onto two apps for their non signal users, which is why so many have moved to Google Messenger as it’s easier to get people on RCS accidently than it is to convert/keep people on Signal, that’s not new news man.
That, and completely ignoring their own community for years when it comes to forcing phone number registration, group messages without predefined groups that must be created in advance, spending all their time adding shit like stickers that 9/10 of their target audience doesn’t care about, while ignoring requests that they do.
I’ve used it since it it was still Text Secure, ignoring feature requests/changes while always asking for money isn’t new for them, it’s always been that way. Do the opposite of whats asked, and wonder why people donate to other projects.
There a reason why alternatives like Session happened, and why theirs direct forks like Molly. Signal has security, but they have Apples mindset with design and features. They’ll listen to what you want, and then give you what they want.
Using signal for SMS was never a good idea. It may give users a false sense of security. And as far as I remember signal dropped SMS before google rolled out RCS. If apple agrees to implement RCS then I could see Signal adding this feature back.
Using Signal for SMS was one of the only good ways to convince the masses to switch in the first place. It was blatantly obvious which messages were secure or not since they were labeled as such.
Then:
“Hey, you should use Signal for SMS. Our conversations will be encrypted and you can still text Grandma.”
Now: Grandma uses FB Messenger, tied to her SMS also.
Really? They dropped SMS support which forced all users onto two apps for their non signal users, which is why so many have moved to Google Messenger as it’s easier to get people on RCS accidently than it is to convert/keep people on Signal, that’s not new news man.
That, and completely ignoring their own community for years when it comes to forcing phone number registration, group messages without predefined groups that must be created in advance, spending all their time adding shit like stickers that 9/10 of their target audience doesn’t care about, while ignoring requests that they do.
I’ve used it since it it was still Text Secure, ignoring feature requests/changes while always asking for money isn’t new for them, it’s always been that way. Do the opposite of whats asked, and wonder why people donate to other projects.
There a reason why alternatives like Session happened, and why theirs direct forks like Molly. Signal has security, but they have Apples mindset with design and features. They’ll listen to what you want, and then give you what they want.
Using signal for SMS was never a good idea. It may give users a false sense of security. And as far as I remember signal dropped SMS before google rolled out RCS. If apple agrees to implement RCS then I could see Signal adding this feature back.
Using Signal for SMS was one of the only good ways to convince the masses to switch in the first place. It was blatantly obvious which messages were secure or not since they were labeled as such.
Then: “Hey, you should use Signal for SMS. Our conversations will be encrypted and you can still text Grandma.”
Now: Grandma uses FB Messenger, tied to her SMS also.