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I like it! Making it more "mainstream" is the way to go even if purists might say that it's feature bloat for their secure messenger. It's similar to how it's good if more people use Tor for all kinds of activities as it doesn't immediately label you as suspicious just because you use Tor or Signal.
When I first opened the app and saw a "Stories" tab, I thought "oh no... not here too, ffs...". Then I immediately went to the settings and was mildly relieved (but perhaps I'm naive) to see that I could opt-out. Now I dread the day when they might decide to make it so that you won't be able to opt-out. Why can't we have nice things?
How many followers on Signal do you have?
Am I in a bubble and these features are, in fact, widely used on WhatsApp? I'm in groups with a whole lot of other people including a few who keep up with modern social media stuff, use TikTok, use Instagram, et c., and zero of them use the Status feature or Stories or anything but messaging. For us it's just ICQ/text with better media embedding (but still really bad, somehow). Some of us regularly use similar featur…
I like it! Making it more "mainstream" is the way to go even if purists might say that it's feature bloat for their secure messenger. It's similar to how it's good if more people use Tor for all kinds of activities as it doesn't immediately label you as suspicious just because you use Tor or Signal.
Making people juggle a different app for SMS is the opposite of being mainstream friendly.
edit: ah, they announced recently that they are removing SMS support in Android. The reasoning is solid IMO, I've accidentally sent insecure messages before.
I like it! Making it more "mainstream" is the way to go even if purists might say that it's feature bloat for their secure messenger. It's similar to how it's good if more people use Tor for all kinds of activities as it doesn't immediately label you as suspicious just because you use Tor or Signal.
Making people juggle a different app for SMS is the opposite of being mainstream friendly.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Making people juggle a different app for SMS is the opposite of being mainstream friendly.
I use signal for SMS. Is this an iOS thing? If so presumably it's an Apple restriction? edit: ah, they announced recently that they are removing SMS support in Android. The reasoning is solid IMO, I've accidentally sent insecure messages before.