> Good, Popular, and Free The lack of federation, crippled data export and requirement for a phone number puts it into the "no good" category for me. Doesn't

> Good, Popular, and Free The lack of federation, crippled data export and requirement for a phone number puts it into the "no good" category for me. Doesn't matter how much Open Source they throw around, what matters is how much effort it will be to stop using your software. Signal so far, looks to run with the same lock-in tactics as everybody else and that in turn gives them the power to switch over from nice to naughty mode whenever they want.