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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by whymarrh on Friday January 15, 2021 @09:00PM (#25799194)
I don’t understand, so what? They’re doing their best and if users go somewhere else so be it. I’m sure if they could avoid the outage they would.

They’re not losing profits or anything. They’re hosting a free service. When they get the service back online users will have a secure messaging option that is even more battle-tested.

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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by pmlnr on Saturday January 16, 2021 @04:58AM (#25801264)
> They’re not losing profits or anything.

They are losing face. In oriental cultures, that's bad.

EDIT apologies for bad wording. In certain situations, losing face is worth, than losing money - in this very moment, in my opinion, this is rather bad for Signal.

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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by ahmedalsudani on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:33AM (#25801404)
As an “Oriental”, I assure you nobody loses face when they close shop for a good reason.
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