Ehhhh
Signal lost a lot of my love when they removed SMS support
this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2023
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sms is useless tho?
it's basically a confirmation code delivery system, with some ads and spam
It's not useless in western countries. We don't all have our entire country communicating via Metas WhatsApp lol
Do you maybe mean USA when you say "western country"? Living in Europe, I don't know a single person who uses SMS for communication.
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Lol, that was the worst feature ever. If you forgot disabling it at install, it was nearly impossible to see it's going to be a sms or signal message. (Especially for people who aren't tech savvy)
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That is dumb that they'd remove a feature, but I tried it and switched back to a dedicated texting app. The feature wasn't full featured enough for me to want to use it.
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What is a better alternative than signal?
Try out any of these:
- Session @session
- SimpleX @simplex
- Threema @threemaapp
They all don't require a phone number, which makes them immediately better than Signal, for devices that don't have a SIM.
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Ended my donations to Signal after discovering they choose Google Hosting Services over open source and privacy respecting alternatives.
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