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Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services by nradov on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @12:24AM (#13693494)
Wow that's an amazingly stupid and short sighted decision. Why would they tie their app to a legacy numbering system which doesn't even serve to accurately identify people?
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Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services by anc84 on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @04:26AM (#13694394)
So that they do not have to worry about that. It's a pretty smart decision to offload the issue of unique IDs to an existing infrastructure.

I really do not like it either too though.

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Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services by MichaelGG on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @04:40AM (#13694437)
... Same reason WhatsApp got so many users and became worth billions? It's simple, straightforward, and just works for most people.
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