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> 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 doe
by 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.