- resisting federation or any kind of decentralization
- making it nearly impossible for people to run their own Signal server
- blocking a copy of their stock Android client with the closed source bits removed from being published in the official F-Droid repos
- not allowing alternative clients to connect to their servers (enforcement of this policy is impractical, but they are very clear that they don't want 3rd party clients)
Yes, they are arguably still better than SMS, IRC, or a few other options. But seeing people still putting Signal on a pedestal, as if they are perfect, really shows how out of touch some so-called influencers are. I'm fine with people hyping up Signal, but at least acknowledge their shortfalls. Fair is fair.
quotingIt's just like the username feature that people begged for since the RedPhone/TextSecure days ended so they wouldn't have to disclose their phone numbers to Signal and everyone they chat with.
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Aftet roughly 8 years of pleading, the users finally got a partial win. Signal still forces everyone to give them a phone number, but you don't hand to give it out to everyone you know.
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