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Re:Signal can easily work across multiple Android devices an... by rkagerer on Saturday August 08, 2026 @07:16PM (#49226800)
https://archive.ph/x01wt

But I found this link more informative: https://signal.org/blog/linked-devices-and-android-tablets/

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Re:Signal can easily work across multiple Android devices an... by rkagerer on Saturday August 08, 2026 @07:25PM (#49226849)
Why the limitations?

- only 45 days of media

- link lost if inactive for 30 / 45 days

- max 5 devices

Is it because of reliance on the network to provide these features?

I used ICQ decades ago and I could back up everything and move it to a different computer, I can still search the message archives to this day, and there weren't these silly artificial limits. Why has chat regressed?

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