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I'm all for privacy and security, and I find our current situation a nightmare, but I uninstalled Signal just a few minutes after installing it for the first ti
by oridecon 10y ago
I'm all for privacy and security, and I find our current situation a nightmare, but I uninstalled Signal just a few minutes after installing it for the first time. I just knew it's not going to be popular (I'm talking messaging app scale). If I know that my family, co-workers and friends would never use it then it's already dead to me.
Two reasons that killed it for me (Android):
- It required so many permissions that I had to scroll down (old permissions api?)
- First app interaction was a blank screen and no straightforward way to find my contact list or quickly send messages. Like 90% of the people I know would uninstall it on the spot after that blank screen. They don't want to feel dumb and they are "too busy to read a tutorial". I also couldn't find a single soul using it.