Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo...
by utf_8x on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:57PM
(#25663866)
The APK is really not that hard to find... https://signal.org/android/apk/
That page also states "Advanced users with special needs can download the Signal APK directly. Most users should not do this under normal circumstances." which IMO is a very good point. Downloading random APKs from the internet is rarely a good idea...
Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo...
by afandian on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:11PM
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Yeah you can search for it but it's not obvious from the site. I just think it's a shame that it's touted as open source but they don't appear to have given much thought to the open source demographic. It's not on f-droid.
Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo...
by spiznnx on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:17PM
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They have given it thought, and have purposely decided not to distribute it through f-droid [0]. Yes you have to search for it, but if you are savvy enough to use un-googled android, you will be likely able to find it.
0. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9044#issu...
(Edit: this is rather a negative comment but its out of frustration -- I want to use it!)