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Signal is so much worse than WhatsApp from a UX perspective. Backup sync forces you to allow background permissions (WhatsApp doesn't), you have to set and get
by jhasse 9mo ago
Signal is so much worse than WhatsApp from a UX perspective. Backup sync forces you to allow background permissions (WhatsApp doesn't), you have to set and get nagged to enter a PIN every few weeks (WhatsApp doesn't), there's no transcription for audio messages (WhatsApp has that for some languages), the desktop app loses its connection if you don't open it ever few weeks (WhatsApp works fine), etc.
If you want people to switch, recommend Telegram.
- maqp 9mo ago>If you want people to switch, recommend Telegram. Why would people switch from always-end-to-end encrypted group chats to never-end-to-end encrypted group chats?
- jhasse 9mo agoBecause they don't even know what e2e encryption is.
- expedition32 9mo agoMy circle switched to Signal because we are concerned about tech bros and a fascist America. Boosting Russia is not the solution.
- wolvoleo 9mo agoTelegram is not Russian. In fact Putin hates Pavel Durov.
- Batman8675309 9mo agoYes. Let's switch to an app with Russian connections that has actively refused to implement E2EE for over a decade now.
- jhasse 9mo agoRussian connections is FUD and Telegram has E2EE encryption, but not by default.
- Batman8675309 9mo agoSaid E2EE is mobile only and completely unavailable in group chats
- jhasse 8mo agoYou are moving the goal post. But you're right: Signal's E2EE is miles better than telegram's. I was just trying to point out my experience in getting people to switch, most of the time they have different prioirities.