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Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive (signal.org)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We estimate that by 2025, Signal will require approximately $50 million dollars a year to operate—and this is very lean compared to other popular messaging apps that don’t respect your privacy.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You want SimpleX then. No number needed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

+1 for this. From my tests, SimpleX seems fast, reliable, secure, and private. I haven't tried daily driving it, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Downside is minor bugs re inviting friends:

Gets confused by invites from Facebook (can't automatically strip the trailing tracking code from the URL).

Fails scan of QR invite with your maybe camera app. Must scan from app.