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• Aaron Toponce ⚛️ (@AaronToponce) reported 2 minutes ago

  @TychoTithonus @signalapp Maybe the problem isn't Signal supporting SMS, but the false evangelical argument: you can use both SMS and Signal in one app on Android. Where instead, the argument should have been: we need to stop using insecure SMS.

• Jaaaaaayyyyy (@zerojay) reported 4 minutes ago

  @lookdumbass @mer__edith @signalapp "Just ask them all to switch to Signal!" This was terrible when Tim Cook of Apple was asked about adding RCS support to iMessage and this is exactly the same taste in my mouth from Signal. Also, RCS isn't coming. It's already been here for ages and already is a flop.

• Aaron Toponce ⚛️ (@AaronToponce) reported 4 minutes ago

  @TychoTithonus @signalapp I'm not familiar with the GitHub issue thread locking problems, but I'll happily criticize how they handled Mobilecoin.

• Royce Williams (@TychoTithonus) reported 6 minutes ago

  @AaronToponce @signalapp At the core, Signal has a user empathy problem. Many UX problems on GitHub devolve into the team locking the thread. I appreciate the idealism, but they need UX that takes that as a constraint with empathy. "Security at the expense of usability comes at the expense of security."

• Aaron Toponce ⚛️ (@AaronToponce) reported 11 minutes ago

  @TychoTithonus @signalapp I don't fully agree with that stance though. Signal has only ever supported SMS/MMS on Android. With iOS, you have to use separate apps, and with my *mother* not having a problem with it, in addition to other family members, it's not a usability problem for them.

• Rootfake (@RandoTCustomer) reported 12 minutes ago

  @signalapp This is a seriously terrible idea, sms has its issues, but signal was always something I could recommend to android users as a "hey, this app will handle text messaging seamlessly, and will encrypt with the other people you know who care about privacy". Dropping sms is a bad move

• Royce Williams (@TychoTithonus) reported 13 minutes ago

  @AaronToponce @signalapp If I had seen any evidence of widespread testing of alternative ways to ensure users can visually distinguish the difference between SMS and non-SMS, I would buy it. If they're getting hammered with UX problems, they need to try some creative UX solutions. But they're not.

• yoro (@yorotpidus) reported 15 minutes ago

  @anAamAadmi @signalapp Well, the source code is open source, so anyone can package and deploy it. Also the branding isn't infringing, so maybe it isn't a problem. Although, the tall claims are meh...

• 🇺🇦 Bertrand B. (@B_Boutillier) reported 15 minutes ago

  @AnonyPla @interchu @signalapp I implore too ! This is the best idea to kill the app ... it was a really useful function to promote the application to people not aware of privacy problems. They'll go back to WhatsApp and co. ...

• Envision ⚡️🔑 (@EnvisionBitcoin) reported 17 minutes ago

  @signalapp Unless you're removing phone numbers, there's literally no reason to remove SMS from the android app. If people can't figure out that one bubble and a gray send button are SMS, and 2 bubbles and a blue send button is encrypted, they have bigger problems.......

• Christoph (@Christo98052309) reported 19 minutes ago

  @signalapp This is just a terrible idea. That was the main draw for me and best reason to offer others to switch by not adding another messaging app, but replacing the system's OS app. Rethink this pls.

• Mondei1️⃣ (@Mondei1) reported 25 minutes ago

  @signalapp I fully unterstand why SMS is terrible. I rarely use it because some contacts have nothing else. As a developer I also understand to depreciate features that do not fulfill your goal. Yet I like the idea of Signal being All-in-One. Both for modern and legacy communication.

• Marco Rogers (@polotek) reported 26 minutes ago

  @tilgovi @signalapp Can you say more about SMS on signal? I've had trouble with it recently.

• Kody (@KodyKinzie) reported 27 minutes ago

  @signalapp I read all of your reasons and I think a big "disable SMS messages" option would fix this without ******* up the way people have used your app for years.

• Kim Sørensen (@gipsyskov) reported 33 minutes ago

  @signalapp I have to say that this is major let down for me! I love having access to signal and SMS in one app and it means that I actually use signal a lot more. But when you decide to split this up, I have to follow convenience and demote Signal, as most of my contacts still use SMS

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