Re:Getting Started with Signal
by CalChris on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:26PM
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Signal is quite good and I use it for person to person. Hopefully with an influx of new users and with that, funding, it can reach feature parity with WhatsApp which is currently much better for groups. WhatsApp and Uber and Lyft etc, are very well crafted applications on iOS. They feel magical. Signal can get there as well, but it will take funding+effort.
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Re:Getting Started with Signal
by johnchristopher on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:32PM
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I see the opinion that more users will help make Signal reach feature parity but I don't understand why that follows. Unless there is a massive increase in donations but that is largely covered by the 0% interest rate funding from WA founder.
While not a guarantee, the number of donations is proportional to the number of users. Since they can't extort their current users for more money, the only hope for Signal is to get more users.