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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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[–] Nabs 39 points 2 years ago (14 children)

I'm still butthurt about removing SMS support.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I believe that as painful as this decision was for the user, it was the right one. Supporting such a poorly documented, glitchy protocol makes further development very difficult. And users demand new features and bug fixes yesterday. Besides, I think that SMS will soon retire, and it will be replaced by the "new" RCS standard, which is much more stable and documented. Painful, but necessary to compete for the title of good messenger!

[–] Starayo 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] eager_eagle 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

SMS is not going anywhere on a global scale

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.