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I agree but I'm confused how you can use Signal in the same sentence then. Reminds me at duckduckgo: makes claims and builds big branding about security but no

I agree but I'm confused how you can use Signal in the same sentence then. Reminds me at duckduckgo: makes claims and builds big branding about security but nobody (including me) ever questioned them. (Regarding article not at hand but of course also on HN.) The first question I would ask: how does Signal finances itself when the service is practically "free"... For the rest I totally agree: I could also convince some for XMPP/Jabber while at the same time it lets me question my relationship to those I couldn't move. I mean it's not that these days you couldn't install a second app if you already have 50 useless i.e. "coupon" apps installed anyway.

sneak 4y ago
Signal is a nonprofit that depends on donations.
nicoco 4y ago
> I mean it's not that these days you couldn't install a second app if you already have 50 useless i.e. "coupon" apps installed anyway. Don't get me started on this. It saddens me to see so much resistance from a lot of my friends that don't even want to try a tiny, privacy-friendly, open-source, non-battery consuming app when they have like 50 attention-stealing spyware apps installed on their phone. Marketing works scandalously well.