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Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services by ReverseCold on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @12:32AM (#13693522)
Yes, chat needs to not be just basic texting or no one will use it.

iOS users get iMessage which is great, but there's no cross platform version.

Telegram + Encrypted by default and in groups would be best, but they have some (invalid) reason for keeping it unencrypted.

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Re:Signal can now be used without Google Play Services by Anon1096 on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @04:53AM (#13694499)
There's a lot of features Telegram offers that can't be used with e2e encryption. Stuff like link previews and many bot functionalities are things that come to mind that my group uses very frequently.
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