• LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
      152·
      11 months ago

      Signal kinda put themselves out of the messaging app battle when they dropped SMS support

      I totally get why they did it, but I think a lot of people stopped using it for this reason, unfortunately

      • Tetsuo@jlai.lu
        8·
        11 months ago

        I don’t really want to start a debate on the Signal SMS dropout but …

        They could have put a big red warning and a disclaimer you have to read once for the unsecured SMS. It would have been fine.

        Yes, you would have to maintain that but I think it would definitely have been worth it considering how much reach they lost dropping this feature.

        I stopped using Signal when they did, and that’s one less tech user advertising their secure app.

        It’s a shame because I think this will slowly kill the project.

            • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
              11·
              11 months ago

              I don’t mind it so much. At least it’s not Facebook Messenger or Whatsapp. I’d rather die than put those on my phone.

              • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
                1·
                11 months ago

                Facebook Messenger is dogshit but WhatsApp works well imo. More features than sms or even rcs. Dogshit privacy though, even if security might be good.

                • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
                  11·
                  11 months ago

                  I’ve never used it, and I never intend to. I know SMS isn’t ideal for privacy, but at least I can use FOSS apps to interact with it, and it doesn’t mandate intrusive features like “reactions” or read receipts

                  • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
                    1·
                    11 months ago

                    I’m not sure what’s intrusive about reactions but you can turn off read receipts. Yeah it isn’t ideal either but video calls, sending media/files, group chats (do NOT suggest MMS. Never MMS.) and so on. Lots of features, secure, but yeah privacy is dogshit. Signal is great but I’ve only managed to convert a few people to it.

        • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
          21·
          11 months ago

          Yeah, I guess I’m not sure about the actual statistics. I do know it was the point when I realized I wouldn’t personally use Signal because everyone I know uses SMS, SMS federates with email, and if I tried switching to a non-SMS app, I’d be screaming into a void.

          The only other message apps people around here use are Snapchat, FB Messenger, and WhatsApp, and I’d rather cut people off than use any of those.