To be honest I never knew this feature existed.
Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
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Re: Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
#42To be honest, I never knew this feature existed.
Re: Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
#43Is this Moxie's decision?
Re: Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
#44This is an awful decision. I've converted some friends and family to Signal over the past years (it took a while) and it is now their default messaging app on their phones. This is going to confuse them and is going to make it difficult for me to keep convincing them that Signal is the route to use. ("Why do I need 3 apps (Android Messages, Signal, Whatsapp) to talk to people?")
> Why do I need 3 apps (Android Messages, Signal, Whatsapp) to talk to people?
Because Whatsapp and Signal are walled gardens. (Everyone knows why IM>sms)
Re: Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
#45Can anyone recommend a good SMS Android app?
I like the default messages app.
Re: Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
#46Why doesn't anybody fork the Signal clients? There are so many bad design decision in the clients (for instance no message backup on iOS or no way to save all media to storage automatically) that I don't understand why people accept the Signal Foundation's stewardship of the client code.
You're not allowed to: https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco...
Re: Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
I also deplore this. I hope it's communicated well to users who aren't readers of Signal's blog. I have relatives who use Signal, and they rely on its fallback-to-SMS feature, possibly without fully understanding it. I'll make sure they understand and are aware of this change, but others may be in the same position.
I fear Signal will follow their recent trend of ignoring unanimous user-base complaints a la Mobilecoin, fdroid, and third-party clients.
... phone number use, lack of interoperability, keeping server source closed when it fits
Re: Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
#48Why oh why do you want to drive me away? Signal was and is the only messenger I use (one exception: WA with my mom).
First this wallet thing, now no SMS? Why not try to figure out a way to use encrypted SMS?
Re: Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
#49The comments here are so bizarre to me. I think this must be a USA thing.
I had no idea signal even supported SMS, nor do I know anybody who uses SMS
Re: Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
#50I've been a user for nearly 10 years and still only a few people in my circles uses Signal. If they go through with this, Signal is as good as dead.