Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)

Post by Xelynega » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 5:47 PM UTC

cptroot wrote: post #146

aabajian wrote: post #98

Alright, it's fine for a company to remove features, if they are honest about why they are doing so. It's obvious none of the reasons given are due to user complaints. The truth is, they are removing SMS because they don't own the SMS platform (e.g. it's not a walled-garden like WhatsApp). Would it kill them to just be honest? Yes, it's less secure, but no end-user is saying, "Please remove SMS as it's not secure."

I don't think that's true? There are clearly users who are annoyed at being able to send insecure and possibly expensive SMS messages in their secure messaging app.

Post by plsbenice34 » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 5:47 PM UTC

Post by fluidcruft » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 5:49 PM UTC

_dhruva wrote: post #147

Apple does not seem to think this is a problem. Their default Message app supporting both SMS/text and iMessage. They have an opt-in to send via SMS if iMessage fails and this gives it more reliability too.

Post by errantmind » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 5:50 PM UTC

Post by Markoff » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 5:50 PM UTC

CommitSyn wrote: post #156

daedalus_j wrote: post #149

I've been using Signal for a long time. I have repeatedly been unable to convince iOS users to use Signal because "I don't want another app". Android users have been much more willing to give it a shot. As an android user myself, I much prefer having SMS built in because I use the search feature often to look back through all my SMS/Signal chats. I also regularly forward an SMS message to a Signal user, or vice versa…

Yes, this is an idiotic decision that makes me question the decisions being made as a whole by Signal. Does anyone have recommendations for a good default SMS app on Android?