The point is that I can use one app for all messaging, and if the other party has opted in, it's encrypted. Generally, I don't care whether or not any particula

The point is that I can use one app for all messaging, and if the other party has opted in, it's encrypted. Generally, I don't care whether or not any particular message is encrypted, but I want the world's communication to be encrypted by default. Using Signal as my main messaging app was a frictionless way to do that, while it included SMS. Now that they are dropping support for that, I will likely stop using Signal altogether, which means that more messages will be unencrypted. It's a loss for the world, but the friction is too high for me to use multiple apps.