Signal devs don't intend to support Apple M1
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Re: Signal devs don't intend to support Apple M1
#2> We don't intend to support M1 yet.
The post title should be fixed.
Re: Signal devs don't intend to support Apple M1
#3> If you want a bad treatment in developer community, this is the way to go.
Expectation surely changed in the last years. I have an M1 and don't expect any software to accommodate my bad choice of platforms, especially if there are ways you can just run it anyway.
Re: Signal devs don't intend to support Apple M1
#4They clearly have their own m1 implementation and the contributed one is 'not invented here'.
Re: Signal devs don't intend to support Apple M1
#5Well, its open source for everyone to contribute so 'patches are welcome'.
As for M1 support, What happened to using Rosetta?
Re: Signal devs don't intend to support Apple M1
#6Who cares. Use a different app and stop being a crybaby
Re: Signal devs don't intend to support Apple M1
#7Yeah I think the big issue is for MS Teams, that big is just a bad app overall.
Re: Signal devs don't intend to support Apple M1
#8Well, its open source for everyone to contribute so 'patches are welcome'. As for M1 support, What happened to using Rosetta?
Rosetta has performance parity with Intel Macs but uses more power. Nearly every app has native support for Apple Silicon now.
Re: Signal devs don't intend to support Apple M1
#9They clearly have their own m1 implementation and the contributed one is 'not invented here'.
> Signal has a policy around not talking about future features
aka only we invent things here. open source in name only
Re: Signal devs don't intend to support Apple M1
#10Well, its open source for everyone to contribute so 'patches are welcome'. As for M1 support, What happened to using Rosetta?
An unoffical M1 version already exists, thanks to https://github.com/dennisameling.
But the Signal devs don't merge it. That makes it especially strange, what more could the community do?