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God fucking dammit. I literally just put my reputation on the line with family last week that we should all switch to Signal. All I want is a decent E2EE messaging app. Between this and their upcoming crypto payment system, I’m thinking I made a huge mistake switching from Telegram.
> I’m thinking I made a huge mistake switching from Telegram.
Does not compute.
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I intentionally drop all messages from time to time (typically once I get a new device). Am I the only one who feels like loosing old conversations is just fine? After all, I don’t remember all conversations I had in person as well. I understand that loosing them at an unexpected time can be annoying and a backup is useful, but I personally never had a use for that feature and knowing that it is annoying for someone…
My conference [0] spins up a brand new Matrix server each event. It's the equivalent of having hallway conversations that shouldn't be tracked. Not everything needs to live on forever. [0] https://handmade-seattle.com
God fucking dammit. I literally just put my reputation on the line with family last week that we should all switch to Signal. All I want is a decent E2EE messaging app. Between this and their upcoming crypto payment system, I’m thinking I made a huge mistake switching from Telegram.
God fucking dammit. I literally just put my reputation on the line with family last week that we should all switch to Signal. All I want is a decent E2EE messaging app. Between this and their upcoming crypto payment system, I’m thinking I made a huge mistake switching from Telegram.
So Signal is missing a basic feature like location sharing and they chose to go ahead with implementing Stories. I guess they are focusing more on getting new users than making a great app. The thing is none of these centralized apps will ever get messaging right. Because no matter how good the intentions of the team are sooner or later the higher management or the PM wants to have bigger piece of cake. This in the e…
I'm sorry, since when is "location sharing" a "basic feature" of a messaging application? Can't you just send them a maps link to your location? Or your GPS coordinates?
this is not discrete, it also shares it with google and all their advertising etc
>Or your GPS coordinates?
Not super user friendly.
So Signal is missing a basic feature like location sharing and they chose to go ahead with implementing Stories. I guess they are focusing more on getting new users than making a great app. The thing is none of these centralized apps will ever get messaging right. Because no matter how good the intentions of the team are sooner or later the higher management or the PM wants to have bigger piece of cake. This in the e…
Signal does have location sharing, but not live location sharing. You can share your location, but it will not update your location for the recipient as you move around. Here's a tutorial: https://www.hardreset.info/devices/apps/apps-signal/share-lo...
If you would like Signal to implement live location sharing, the feature request thread is here: https://community.signalusers.org/t/live-location-sharing/25...
Until they allow people to make bot accounts, theplatform eill be limited to person person communication. The actual strengh of WhatsApp is that companies are ditching their phone / support chat for whatsapp only. Which is the worst of both worlds.
Once bots gain access, the platform is lost to spam.
Being limited to personperson communication sounds like a feature to me.
God fucking dammit. I literally just put my reputation on the line with family last week that we should all switch to Signal. All I want is a decent E2EE messaging app. Between this and their upcoming crypto payment system, I’m thinking I made a huge mistake switching from Telegram.
I'm confused at how stories may make this no longer a decent e2ee app. Is it that you actively dislike stories and don't want other people to have the option to use them? While you may not want them, is it possible your family does and this may even make it easier for them to switch to Signal (and stay) than not? Not trying to add snark, just genuinely curious why the addition of stories would detract from its e2ee n…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I intentionally drop all messages from time to time (typically once I get a new device). Am I the only one who feels like loosing old conversations is just fine? After all, I don’t remember all conversations I had in person as well. I understand that loosing them at an unexpected time can be annoying and a backup is useful, but I personally never had a use for that feature and knowing that it is annoying for someone…
Yes. I keep my iMessages forever, and even back them up (as well as my photo library) as part of my desktop backups. I’m switching my social networks to Telegram after Signal burned up its good will focusing on features they want versus what their users want. Do I care if it’s as secure? No, I prefer the convenience and superior UX iMessages and Telegram offers. Really unfortunate, as it was Signal’s race to lose aft…