• LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
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    1 year 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

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      1 year 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.

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            1 year 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.

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              1 year 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.

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                1 year 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

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                  1 year 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.

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                    1 year ago

                    I’d welcome the chance to use something more privacy based than Signal

                    I just never like reactions in an app used for general messaging. They make sense on a more memey plaything like Discord, but not in a messaging app that I’m supposed to take seriously as my primary way to communicate. In fact, simple text only without any other formatting would be ideal. That’s kinda what I like about this place, with the exception of upvotes/downvotes, which could be removed for all I care.

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        1 year 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.