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I should have stated in my original post that there are a lot of features that Signal could add/improve on; my post was meant to be commentary about the impleme

I should have stated in my original post that there are a lot of features that Signal could add/improve on; my post was meant to be commentary about the implementation critiques levied against Signal. Your only point I disagree with is backups: there is simply no way for a non-for-profit company that doesn't monetize user data to afford providing cloud backups. P.S. "New" groups in Signal support up to 1,000 users, did you need something bigger?

skinkestek 6y ago
> Your only point I disagree with is backups: there is simply no way for a non-for-profit company that doesn't monetize user data to afford providing cloud backups. I would actually prefer local backups. I can always upload them to the cloud myself, and then I pay :-) > P.S. "New" groups in Signal support up to 1,000 users, did you need something bigger? OK, this might come off as moving the goal posts, so let me say why it is not intended to[1]: Signal is very usable for what it is intended for. 1000 is enough for my family in law and even my family. I'm fairly certain I read at least one other messenger has a limit of 200 000 members in one group, moderation tools, channels with channel publishers, subscribers and comments. And my point is not that it is better than Signal but that they are different! If I need to send pass codes or something I can use Signal. If I need to receive broadcasts from one of the channels I follow I can use Telegram etc. I have 32GB (or even 64GB?) of storage on my phone so I never had to choose :-) [1]: That is, it is not moving my goal posts. My hope was never that Signal should replace everything else.
- Caligatio 6y ago
  At least on Android, there is a local backup option although you need to manually pull it off the device. I get what you're saying about chat/moderation tools. For some reason I limit my view of Signal to groups of people I actually know. I would personally never use it instead of something like Gitter or community-based chats. I fully agree various chat programs (mostly) each have their own niche.

skinkestek 6y ago

> Your only point I disagree with is backups: there is simply no way for a non-for-profit company that doesn't monetize user data to afford providing cloud backups. I would actually prefer local backups. I can always upload them to the cloud myself, and then I pay :-) > P.S. "New" groups in Signal support up to 1,000 users, did you need something bigger? OK, this might come off as moving the goal posts, so let me say why it is not intended to[1]: Signal is very usable for what it is intended for. 1000 is enough for my family in law and even my family. I'm fairly certain I read at least one other messenger has a limit of 200 000 members in one group, moderation tools, channels with channel publishers, subscribers and comments. And my point is not that it is better than Signal but that they are different! If I need to send pass codes or something I can use Signal. If I need to receive broadcasts from one of the channels I follow I can use Telegram etc. I have 32GB (or even 64GB?) of storage on my phone so I never had to choose :-) [1]: That is, it is not moving my goal posts. My hope was never that Signal should replace everything else.

Caligatio 6y ago
At least on Android, there is a local backup option although you need to manually pull it off the device. I get what you're saying about chat/moderation tools. For some reason I limit my view of Signal to groups of people I actually know. I would personally never use it instead of something like Gitter or community-based chats. I fully agree various chat programs (mostly) each have their own niche.