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> Definitely the end of my Signal usage anyway. It's my main SMS app: my primary motivator is SMS UX, the ability to securely message a tiny subset of my friend
by rlpb 4y ago
> Definitely the end of my Signal usage anyway. It's my main SMS app: my primary motivator is SMS UX, the ability to securely message a tiny subset of my friends is a very nice but ultimately non-vital bonus.
I think this is the crux of it. Your primary motivator may be for a better SMS UX. But Signal's primary motivator is to provide universal secure messaging, but your typical use of Signal doesn't do that. So it's no surprise that their plans mismatch your expectations.
- lucideer 4y ago> your typical use of Signal doesn't do that All centralised & protocol-locked messaging apps are subject to network effect. People moving away from Signal doesn't help the goal of universal secure messaging, regardless of whether those people are you or I. That said, it seems they're between a rock & a hard place here since Google are defacto deprecating support for 3rd-party SMS apps.
- rlpb 4y agoThat's just wishful thinking. Any opportunity for a network effect to assist with Signal's adoption is long gone. It never managed to hit the necessary threshold and without platform ownership, there's little chance it will.