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Re:Re-Adding SMS Support to Signal by chungy on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:47PM (#34512812)
Couldn't disagree more. Having a singular app handle all messaging was brilliant and a key feature to bring people over.

Apple disallowing competition isn't a good reason to remove something useful for Android users.

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Re:Re-Adding SMS Support to Signal by growse on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @04:50PM (#34524650)
> Couldn't disagree more. Having a singular app handle all messaging was brilliant and a key feature to bring people over.

> Apple disallowing competition isn't a good reason to remove something useful for Android users.

Nice in theory, but RCS breaks everything here.

You send someone at SMS in Signal, they reply but their client "upgrades" it to RCS. Signal never receives the reply (because the RCS android API is private), and now everyone blames Signal for "dropping messages".

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Re:Re-Adding SMS Support to Signal by mlindner on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @04:57PM (#34524719)
But why does putting all your messaging in a single app help bring people over? People have always juggled multiple messaging clients since forever ago.

I personally use 4 different ones at the moment (Signal, Messages(SMS+iMessage), LINE, and Snapchat) and lots of other people I know also use WhatsApp, Messenger, or one of the various Chinese messaging apps. I don't think I know anyone who uses just a single messaging app.

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