I have lots of contacts in Signal without sharing my contacts list. I put my friend's number in, and send a message. No prob. If a messaging app needed me to ad

I have lots of contacts in Signal without sharing my contacts list. I put my friend's number in, and send a message. No prob. If a messaging app needed me to add a contact first before I could send a message, then maybe I wouldn't use it. My wife's messaging is just a lot of phone numbers and I don't know how she keeps track of who is whom, but she does and she has never put them into contacts. [edit: e.g., using the default phone msg/txting app.] That doesn't work for me, but my way does just fine. I don't need notifications for Signal just like I don't need notifications for email just like I don't need notifications for anything besides reminders or alarms. I don't want my life to be "oh shit I gotta check out this latest notification". Just because "they" don't see it that way doesn't mean "they" shouldn't respect my denial. I have a lovely experience, in fact! :) YMMV, and I get that. Not knocking anyone who lives that way.