> That these people think it is more viable to co-opt an existing product using organizing pressure for their ends than to build one someone actually wants and

> That these people think it is more viable to co-opt an existing product using organizing pressure for their ends than to build one someone actually wants and share it is indicative of their strategy and attitude Ironic, considering that Signal itself co-opted the existing network of SMS to build their product on top of. Even having the signal app on android manage regular SMS messages. Point being that products aren’t created in a vacuum and they need network effects to be successful. In fact, that was a design philosophy of Signal from the start. Paraphrasing: “Don’t let people choose, but rather give them the best defaults”