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I've been working really hard to research and rank messaging apps by their privacy. The more green boxes the better.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 30 points 9 months ago (14 children)

The issue with me is ease of use to use with other people. I've tried Matrix and Session with other tech minded people and it's not nearly as seemless as Signal. I'm just waiting for an app that ticks all my boxes, really looking forward to Signal usernames though.

[–] BlanK0@lemmy.ml 20 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Signal really is that better replacement for WhatsApp since the functionality is identical, others would have to force people to get used to the different ui and the options.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Except Signal UI is... Not good. It feels like using a texting app.

Between the UI and dropping SMS support, I can't get anyone to use it anymore, and people I had using it have moved on.

Dropping SMS is really frustrating - it was the big selling point I had.

[–] MrRazamataz@lemmy.razbot.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

but it is a texting app...

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