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[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Signal didn't work for some back in 2021/2020 and wasn't supported on old devices, now I'm stuck with Telegram.

At least I'm not part of FB's social graph and have some friends that now use something other than WhatsApp

[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Nothing new here. E2E is only available in one on one chats and is disabled by default. Dont use Telegram if privacy is your main concern.

At least it has an open-source client. Very few messaging platforms can say that, and fewer have a decent UX.

It's not perfect, but it's got a good combination of features and multi-platform availability. None of the other messaging apps support all of my devices except Matrix, and ~~Matrix doesn't have stickers~~

Edit: Signal doesn't support all my devices but maybe someday! The network effect is also big. None of my family and friends are on Signal, but most have Telegram. A few have Matrix.

Also Signal is a US-based company.

Edit 2: Matrix does have stickers, i guess I'm switching

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I couldnt find a working Ubuntu touch app last i tried to use it

[–] michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ubuntu touch is dead. Are there at least native browsers for it?

[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is it? I still get regular updates. Yes there are a few, i use Morph

https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/

[–] michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 6 months ago

For some reason, I thought Ubuntu touch was EOL. Probably because I tried it on a Redmi 5 and it was an unofficial 2018 build. Is the Morph browser still supported? I checked the Github page and the last changes were 3 years ago.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -1 points 6 months ago

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.

[–] michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 6 months ago

Enshitification in action. During 2024, Telegram declared war on rooted Android alongside WhatsApp and Viber. This means you can't log in to your account if you have root access or if you don't have Google services.