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Written by GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml on 2024-08-19 at 20:22

I got a new job. whatsapp group (20 people) is migrating to signal because I don't use it.

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Written by MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml on 2024-08-19 at 21:12

Before Signal made the boneheaded move of removing SMS support, it was so much easier for me to pitch the idea of using Signal to my friends and family, most of which eventually did make the shift from SMS to Signal messages for reasons like ease of use when it came to group chats, sending images/videos, voice clips, etc.

But now? Now it’s one of those embarrassing moments where I hear back from people basically all saying "your tech recommendations are usually on point but uh, what happened with Signal???" because the app just abruptly stopped supporting SMS and ruined the seamless appeal. SMS support was the perfect way to ease people into shifting towards Signal messages and now the only damn people I know who still know Signal are my most privacy-minded friends/family, while everyone else has switched back to WhatsApp.

Clearly I’m not bitter…😅

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Written by Possibly linux on 2024-08-19 at 22:10

What were you using SMS for?

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Written by Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 2024-08-19 at 22:37

SMS is still the dominant message format in some countries

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Written by naught101@lemmy.world on 2024-08-19 at 23:20

Doesn’t every phone have an SMS app? What’s the benefit of having SMS in signal?

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Written by akilou@sh.itjust.works on 2024-08-20 at 01:57

The benefit is that Signal displaces the default sms app and is also Signal. Rather than having to jump between 2 apps.

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Written by zingo@sh.itjust.works on 2024-08-20 at 02:37

Well, they partly took that “feature” away because people thought they were sending encrypted SMS messages which is not true. False sense of security.

They just took the secure high road and ditched SMS. It also made the app leaner with a smaller attack surface.

I think they did the right decision. Signal is the secure choice for the masses.

Having said that, I’m using Molly-Foss as it has less footprints, no Google messaging framework, leaner than Signal, with no crypto payment, and an encrypted database at rest.

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