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This app's killer feature for me is that it's actually available on F-Droid, unlike its upstream. Happy user for many years now, thanks for the support!

by mid-kid 11mo ago

EffrafaxOfWug 11mo ago
There is also a signal build in the fdroid repo of the Guardian Project
- crtasm 11mo ago
  which is easily enabled in f-droid: settings > repositories > toggle it on
- g-b-r 11mo ago
  "fdroid repos" have little to do with what people consider F-Droid, they can host any whatsoever binary. In fact, that's not a build by the Guardian Project, but (when I tried) a redistribution of Signal's https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/releases https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/releases builds. I'm not sure why they're doing it; anyhow, I'd at least avoid doing the initial installation through that repo, you're trusting an additional party for no gain that I could think of (updates are ok because the signature needs to match the one of the installed version).
- DANmode 11mo ago
  Didn’t know this was in there, thanks!
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marssaxman 11mo ago
Good to know - that would make my life a little easier.
godelski 11mo ago
APKs are available btw https://signal.org/android/apk/ https://signal.org/android/apk/
- medstrom 11mo ago
  Self-updating too!
  - sneak 11mo ago
    [flagged]
    - godelski 11mo ago
      So don't update. Problem solved... There's also a great feature with this too. If you don't update for long enough then my chats won't transmit to a vulnerable device, such as one that is running too old of a version. Now that's a great feature
- twothreeone 11mo ago
  been using this for years.. it doesn't have the GCM crap and hence works on de-googlified custom ROMs as well. Surprised how many people don't seem to know about it.
  - godelski 11mo ago
    > Surprised how many people don't seem to know about it. I'm pretty sure people just want to be angry. I mean look at how many people are arguing that updating is... bad. I cannot and will not take those people seriously. It's just such a laughable position.
  - RealCodingOtaku 11mo ago
    > Surprised how many people don't seem to know about it. There are a few reasons for that. 1. The link to APK cannot be found on the official site[0], so it needs to be looked up in a search engine. 2. Even when downloading from the site, they try to scare you away with a warning [1]. The reason for warning could be avoided by hosting their own F-droid repo, but they refused it, claiming you can download APK and not listening to reason[2]. Though for people using F-droid can still get Signal through the Guardian repository [3] Thing about the signal APK and the Guardian one is that, it still have the so called "crap" in the final APK, it just runs a background service when required google services are not detected, causing battery drain for many[4]. The drain could also be avoided by supporting UnifiedPush (it can fall back to FCM when it's detected), but they don't want to do that either[5]. [0] https://signal.org/download/ https://signal.org/download/ [1] https://signal.org/android/apk/ https://signal.org/android/apk/ [2] https://community.signalusers.org/t/how-to-get-signal-apks-outside-of-the-google-play-store/808 https://community.signalusers.org/t/how-to-get-signal-apks-o... [3] https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/ https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/ [4] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9729 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9729 [5] https://community.signalusers.org/t/use-gcm-fcm-alternatives-for-notifications/10264/7 https://community.signalusers.org/t/use-gcm-fcm-alternatives...
OneDeuxTriSeiGo 11mo ago
The killer feature for me is that molly-im also supports UnifiedPush for notifications instead of just websocket and FCM like upstream Signal.
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This app's killer feature for me is that it's actually available on F-Droid, unlike its upstream. Happy user for many years now, thanks for the support!

by mid-kid 11mo ago

This app's killer feature for me is that it's actually available on F-Droid, unlike its upstream. Happy user for many years now, thanks for the support!

EffrafaxOfWug 11mo ago

There is also a signal build in the fdroid repo of the Guardian Project

crtasm 11mo ago
which is easily enabled in f-droid: settings > repositories > toggle it on
g-b-r 11mo ago
"fdroid repos" have little to do with what people consider F-Droid, they can host any whatsoever binary. In fact, that's not a build by the Guardian Project, but (when I tried) a redistribution of Signal's https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/releases https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/releases builds. I'm not sure why they're doing it; anyhow, I'd at least avoid doing the initial installation through that repo, you're trusting an additional party for no gain that I could think of (updates are ok because the signature needs to match the one of the installed version).
DANmode 11mo ago
Didn’t know this was in there, thanks!

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marssaxman 11mo ago

Good to know - that would make my life a little easier.

godelski 11mo ago

APKs are available btw https://signal.org/android/apk/ https://signal.org/android/apk/

medstrom 11mo ago
Self-updating too!
- sneak 11mo ago
  [flagged]
  - godelski 11mo ago
    So don't update. Problem solved... There's also a great feature with this too. If you don't update for long enough then my chats won't transmit to a vulnerable device, such as one that is running too old of a version. Now that's a great feature
twothreeone 11mo ago
been using this for years.. it doesn't have the GCM crap and hence works on de-googlified custom ROMs as well. Surprised how many people don't seem to know about it.
- godelski 11mo ago
  > Surprised how many people don't seem to know about it. I'm pretty sure people just want to be angry. I mean look at how many people are arguing that updating is... bad. I cannot and will not take those people seriously. It's just such a laughable position.
- RealCodingOtaku 11mo ago
  > Surprised how many people don't seem to know about it. There are a few reasons for that. 1. The link to APK cannot be found on the official site[0], so it needs to be looked up in a search engine. 2. Even when downloading from the site, they try to scare you away with a warning [1]. The reason for warning could be avoided by hosting their own F-droid repo, but they refused it, claiming you can download APK and not listening to reason[2]. Though for people using F-droid can still get Signal through the Guardian repository [3] Thing about the signal APK and the Guardian one is that, it still have the so called "crap" in the final APK, it just runs a background service when required google services are not detected, causing battery drain for many[4]. The drain could also be avoided by supporting UnifiedPush (it can fall back to FCM when it's detected), but they don't want to do that either[5]. [0] https://signal.org/download/ https://signal.org/download/ [1] https://signal.org/android/apk/ https://signal.org/android/apk/ [2] https://community.signalusers.org/t/how-to-get-signal-apks-outside-of-the-google-play-store/808 https://community.signalusers.org/t/how-to-get-signal-apks-o... [3] https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/ https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/ [4] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9729 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9729 [5] https://community.signalusers.org/t/use-gcm-fcm-alternatives-for-notifications/10264/7 https://community.signalusers.org/t/use-gcm-fcm-alternatives...

OneDeuxTriSeiGo 11mo ago

The killer feature for me is that molly-im also supports UnifiedPush for notifications instead of just websocket and FCM like upstream Signal.

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