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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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UI is bad imo, lack of SMS is a complete disqualifier, nobody else I know uses the platform so I’m using it for one group chat only, notifications don’t work properly.
They have a guide to fix notifications. It’s an issue with the device’s configuration not Signal itself.
I’ve never had a notification not come in.
Why is the UI bad?
Why do you need SMS? Is this the 90s?
Why don’t you feel the notifications work?
Of course nobody will switch if this is how you feel.
Too cluttered
SMS is a requirement here in the states
I’ve missed multiple sets of messages due to poor notifications on the more privacy focused apps
Don’t you get charged for every SMS message? Here in Europe I’m grumpy everytime I need to send an SMS, because I’m being charged for something that is completely free through the internet. Not to mention that due to our local characters, an SMS is only 70 chars long.
Nope, SMS is free in pretty much all phone plans here in the states
That explains it, then. Here it costs around 11 US cents per message. So if you are messaging a lot, they will add up at the end of the billing period.
I think the UI is perfect, it’s simple and intuitive. The fact that they removed support for SMS is a bummer, sure. I’ve had issues with notifications before, but I haven’t missed any in months. Facebook Messenger (which I’ve fully replaced with Signal) was however a puring pile of shit when it came to sending notifications in time - just like Teams and Ops Genie!
To be fair, I would be very surprised if Instagram had SMS support
Fair, but most (non militantly privacy focused) people have Instagram and it does have dual purpose.
But I also use iMessage for all group chats anyways and will likely continue to do so.
There’s definitely a middle ground of people who are content with insecure but private communications who don’t want to post on social media