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Are you using beta versions of Signal? Do you report bugs in the Signal forum?
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SMS is not going anywhere on a global scale and removing SMS meant everyone I had convinced to install signal because it was a drop-in messaging replacement for SMS has immediately stopped using signal. It's now completely DOA for anyone that isn't a tech privacy evangelist.
Because it's already retired in many countries for a whole decade. SMS is not used for personal communications since data plans became widespread and apps like WhatsApp, WeChat, and even social media chats took over. The US is probably one of the few countries where the masses still use it.
I'm not American and it's still widely used in my country.
Removal of SMS was a brain-dead move.