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Re:Telegram publishes users' locations online by IlliOnato on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:22AM (#25642413)
The problem is, even if I can be OK with bugs and problems with Signal UI, I cannot make my friends (or my 80-year-old Mom) be OK too. I personally know literally nobody who uses Signal (and a number of my friends are geeks:-)). Network effect, you know... :-(
Re:Telegram publishes users' locations online by 7v3x3n3sem9vv on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:27AM (#25642455)
Moved my grandma and some family over to it. Zero complaints after ~2 years of using it, and that's the best part about it. You don't need to be a "geek" to use it. Knowing everyone's data (at least in transit) is secure is pretty great.
Re:Telegram publishes users' locations online by godelski on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:27AM (#25642445)
I'm curious what bugs you've experienced? The only ones I've seen are on my friends' phones and they are because those phones have extremely aggressive battery optimizations that essentially block Signal from running in the background. Once it is turned off then things work smoothly. I imagine this is a network effect related issue and that apps like WhatsApp are getting special presets because their popularity.
Re:Telegram publishes users' locations online by machello13 on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @11:25AM (#25647093)
Out of curiosity, are these friends running Android or iOS devices?
Re:Telegram publishes users' locations online by godelski on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @01:46PM (#25649233)
Android. Usually cheaper phones too.
Re:Telegram publishes users' locations online by spacemanmatt on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:35PM (#25648139)
My whole immediate family and parents are on Signal because of me. They prefer the call quality and access to desktop messaging.

For my part, I find it fully amusing when a add another parent to my contacts, and they come up in Signal. <3