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Try this link https://mastodon.social/@s_levi_s/112903065829205736

Thank you for such a fair and balanced response. Amazing work.

I'm not sure why material you is important, would you mind explaining a bit more about that?

I enjoy homogenous design across my system. When I gave some of the FOSS alternate front ends to Telegram a try, it really taught me just how much it makes a difference. It's such a tiny thing but it's nice to have. It's one of those things where it's like the developer cared.

By "No filename preservation for audio files." do you mean when you download it then it gets changed from its original name or something else?

So me and one of my friends send each other tracks all the time. In Signal they're all listed as "Voice Message • Sent by XXXXX" it's just not useful.

Why should a text messenger be fun? It's a communication tool, not a game...

Because I enjoy speaking to friends, family and lovers and shouldn't be forced to not enjoy it to make a bunch of old men happy.

The stickers accessed via the sticker button left of the textbox. You can add stickers by going to https://signalstickers.org and click on add stickers. And you can add them some way if you receive a new one from a contact.

Why isn't this in the UI? Rhetorical question, goes back to old men. Signal is designed by the same type of people that clamour for phones with no front facing camera.

What is a list of links? Links you have sent/recieved previously?

Indeed.

Maaaaybe because it's focus is privacy, not bells and whistles

Which takes me back to my original post where I'm asking for bells and whistles before I was asked to justify why

Signal is designed for and by a bunch of old men. It's just not an app that makes being in it fun. Take the implementation of stories for example. Everyone else implemented them as a banner atop the message list, the Signal developers for example hid them away in a tab.

Adding new stickers in Telegram is as simple as open the sticker panel or select a sticker and get recommended stickers. In Signal I haven't got a clue.

There's no Material You implementation either.

No list of links.

No filename preservation for audio files.

It clearly serves a purpose and is good at that, but it doesn't lend itself to being a good messenger for people that want more than privacy.

I went back and edited my posts to be more clear

No material you, but in general the UX sucks.

From https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007320451-Troubleshooting-multiple-devices

Signal can only be used on one mobile device and up to five linked Signal Desktops.​

It's single Android device

Which of these allow people to add me via telephone number, can run on multiple Android devices, has a wide array of animated stickers and has a great Material You design?

Do him for treason

Since others are mentioning non-US based, I would like to recommend Migadu.