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After Signal’s lie about dropping SMS support because of “engineering costs”, I really can’t believe anything else they say.
Plus the app experience sucks, it’s no better than SMS.
Wasn’t another explanation people mistakenly sending SMS and getting fucked when they meant to send a Signal message?
That’s not true, but even so, the whole point is to be an alternative to SMS. It provides that experience, so I’m happy.