I think the problem is, is that there’s a bunch of people who don’t get that modern day communication has changed. Things like Stories and Stickers are a big part of modern day communicating. The cost shouldn’t be not being able to do pretty standard things.
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314xel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Signal is modern as in modern, good cryptography. Most of development time went into that.
With security, you always need to trade-off convenience and bling features. I can understand lacking group video callls and ability to run on multiple devices, but not “sticker repository”.
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 3 weeks ago
liveinthisworld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I might use emoticons sometimes but that’s about it. If there’s a population that absolutely can’t live without Instagram like short-length videos all the time, then there’s an equivalent population who considers it feature bloat.
I see your opinion however you have been exceedingly rude in many comments on this thread, even to good people who answered you in good faith.
QuizzaciousOtter@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Signal has stories and stickers tho
oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Signal doesn’t lack group video calls. It can support video calling up to 40 devices at once.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The problem with Signal is getting other people to use it.
Part of that issue is "the dropping of support for SMS, and the awful UI/UX.
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think the challenge of getting others to use anything other than what they’re used to is going to be the same regardless what that anything is. I know people who have continued to use something no matter how many articles were published about its security flaws, data harvesting and spying. They just don’t care. It’s what they know and it’s what their friends know.
So if you’re going to have to change someone else’s mind, pick what you like best because that won’t be the deal-breaker.
QuizzaciousOtter@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Isn’t it the opposite? I always thought Signal is pretty much the only private messenger that has any chance of mass adoption. I mean, most people at least heard about it which is already a lot in comparison to others.
Also, personally I actually really like the UI/UX. I’m curious, could you elaborate what you don’t like about it?
Regarding SMS support… Yeah, I agree. I really miss that feature.
tilefan@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
what’s wrong with the ui?
nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 3 weeks ago
Disagree. The fact that most people are clueless about types of messaging and don’t distinguish between SMS, MMS, RCS, iMessage, Signal, Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, Line and so on just caused extra confusion for regular users