Re:Signald: Unofficial daemon for interacting with Signal
by simias on Monday April 26, 2021 @05:49AM
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I completely agree that Signal could very much use a third-party client, especially on the desktop. That being said if they want to push their cryptocrap they have to keep a strong control on the clients because third parties are likely to just ignore that functionality altogether, hampering adoption.
I'm not saying that's the main reason for them to exert such a tight control on the Signal ecosystem but it shows how damaging that move has been: now you can't really exclude an ulterior motive for them refusing to integrate with third parties. It damaged the trust I had in the project.
For Signal it's not the case. The client is slow, has many quirks and lack features.
If Moxie allowed third-party clients, it would be a win-win situation. Over time users will get a usable client, and the core Signal team would be able to concentrate on their Crypto business.