Comments by "Chaos Corner" (@chaos.corner) on "Signal threatens to leave UK if garbage legislation gets passed to "protect the children"" video.

I think Signal is going to have more to worry about dealing with the fallout of removing SMS functionality from their software. But that's just my opinion.
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@rossmanngroup SMS integration was what differentiated them from the 100 other messaging apps out there. I might use such an app (I value encryption) but it's a harder sell for all the people who don't. My wife just asked me to disable it for her because she has no use for it anymore, for example. My contact list in Signal is now desultory. Metcalf's law is a thing. The real issue is that the protocol was not open and other people were not allowed to make compatible clients. No competition in the market of ideas.
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@rossmanngroup As someone who's a bit of a power user, I find Signal is a bit dumbed down for my tastes and very restrictive in what you can do, in ways that seem designed to lock you in (can't do a bulk export except to their format without third-party tools). Signal is a prime example of a company that grows big enough they think they know better than their customers.
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@fhunter1test Also, not many developers for them. Smartphones are a much bigger market.
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