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The lack of any kind of backup/export for iOS is the main thing keeping me from recommending Signal. Sadly, from what I’ve seen in similar threads online, it s
by infotainment 3y ago
The lack of any kind of backup/export for iOS is the main thing keeping me from recommending Signal.
Sadly, from what I’ve seen in similar threads online, it seems the devs are opposed to backups in principle (they believe that chats should be ephemeral and backing up is antithetical to this).
- erichocean 3y ago> The lack of any kind of backup/export for iOS is the main thing keeping me from recommending Signal. "No one can read your chats, including you." — Signal
- jtriangle 3y agoRun a windows VM, install signal desktop, bob's your auntie.
- infotainment 3y agoThis is basically what I do, just replace Windows vs Mac. Still, I feel it's much more inconvenient than it really needs to be; the correct UX is a button press.
- nar001 3y agoThe devs are working on a cloud backup solution so not quite true, but it's also the one thing that's keeping me from recommending Signal https://signalupdateinfo.com/news/cloud-backups.html https://signalupdateinfo.com/news/cloud-backups.html