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Look I get that people love to shit on Signal because its not perfect, but this is the main reason I use it to call and message my family. It's a viable alterna
by tapoxi 4y ago
Look I get that people love to shit on Signal because its not perfect, but this is the main reason I use it to call and message my family. It's a viable alternative to insane shit like Messenger and you should consider having your family members install it. It's incredibly easy to use.
Cue someone below me talking about how they set up a Matrix or XMPP server for grandma and its 'so easy' once you get the presence handshake working and if you're using a specific set of clients that support the right features.
- ceejayoz 4y agoIs there a reason Signal couldn't put ads in their video call product?
- woofwoofwoof 4y agoI believe it is non-profit currently, so making money is not their top priority.
- ceejayoz 4y agoNon-profits still have to stay in business. My health insurer is "non-profit".
- sschueller 4y agoSo why did they think they had to do the crypto token thing?
- fsflover 4y agoDoesn't Signal have $50 million in debt? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)#Developers_and_funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)#Developers_a...
- shaldengeki 4y agoThis is an interesting question. Doesn't Signal rather famously not track anything about who you're talking to? Reputational damage to Signal's brand aside, I expect it'd be hard to sell advertisers on a black hole.
- jakecopp 4y agoIf they did, you wouldn't be able to use a fork or another client because it isn't federated unfortunately.
- ShowalkKama 4y agothat doesn't mean you can't fork the client. See telegram for an example of third party apps without federation
- lern_too_spel 4y agoBecause you can just take it out: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android