There are other decent private alternatives to Facebook and Whatsapp beyond Signal,so your argument smells as someone that is trying to rationalize away a horri

There are other decent private alternatives to Facebook and Whatsapp beyond Signal,so your argument smells as someone that is trying to rationalize away a horrible decision that they made. In any case, rest assured that as a "purist" who argues against Signal's centralization, you shouldn't worry about us in the group 1. We are not going to ruin anything "for the rest of you". Signal will do it themselves. We are vocal and "angry" because history has shown time and time again that systems that centralize power end up corrupt and self-destruct. The "purists" are only warning you about it. Blaming "us" about it feels a little bit too much like Stockholm's Syndrome.