I'm surprised this hasn't been said yet... but what I hate most about Signal is its requirement for a phone number. I don't want to be identified, and I want to be able to create multiple separate accounts with different identities if I want to.

I also hate the fact that it's a mobile-first service. Yes, there is a desktop application (and just one really crappy one at that), but it's clearly designed to revolve first and foremost around your phone and be virtually impossible to use without one. As someone who hates writing on a 3-inch screen, this is a also non-starter for me.

I understand the arguments about perfectionism, but this is too much. I'll stick with XMPP, Matrix and IRC, thanks.

[–] chiliedogg 11 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

It's meant to replace people's text messaging apps with .i imal barriers to entry. People's existing SMS/MMS contacts aren't stored by user account names, but by phone number.

When I added Signal to my device, I was able to open up my existing contacts and go.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

They used to allow their client to be used to send unsecured SMS. Then they stopped. Whatever they thought they were doing, they killed the simplest path to onboarding laypeople they had. I kinda gave up on signal after that.

[–] autonomoususer 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

No ones pays for SMS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 35 minutes ago (1 children)

Exactly. No one pays for it because it's free

[–] autonomoususer 1 points 30 minutes ago* (last edited 29 minutes ago)

Not in most places.

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