They poured a ton of investment into it right after they saw the uptrend, but their mission was to drive steady adoption of secure messaging; other features wer

They poured a ton of investment into it right after they saw the uptrend, but their mission was to drive steady adoption of secure messaging; other features were nice-to-haves that weren't core to their initial function. The massive run-up in users relocating from WhatsApp reprioritized their PI plan (I'm guessing), but up until that moment, they had no good reason to prioritize those things since 1) they're a non-profit with steady funding thanks to Brian Acton, and 2) they have a core mission. Iterative development is a thing for a reason. Also, in regards to your edit: > EDIT - if you downvote, please explain why. If you disagree it's not a reason to downvote. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html grep "voting"