• Goodie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They stopped the dual support of both SMS and private messages (for “UX” reasons).

    I’ve used it like 3 times since then, but to be fair, I have used it.

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        1 year ago

        Signal used to be an SMS (text message) client in addition to its secure IM protocol. If both people were using Signal, it would use the secure protocol, otherwise it would fallback to a text message. They removed the text messaging feature from Signal and now it’s a lot harder to convince normies to use it.

        Previously: Hey replace your texting app with Signal, if two people use Signal you’ll be upgraded automatically.

        Now: Hey use Signal, no one you know is on it and you’ll need to remember who uses SMS and who uses Signal.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah that really made it hard to convince normies to use it. Have you found a similar replacement that does e2e privacy if both using the software and sms/rcs as a backup if not?