Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps… like Apple’s own iMessage.
Just download Signal. Cross platform, verifably E2E, and verifiably no data collected by Open Whisper (as per their submission in a lawsuit). Also, one of the authors/architects of Signal occasionally trolls the companies that provide mobile spyware.
How does Signal communicate with non signal users?
99% of the people I txt with would never use Signal…
It doesn’t.
Matrix does tho
I tried using signal but I had a lot of problems with it. I wouldn’t get my messages. The people I messaged didn’t get my messages. There was an emergency and someone couldn’t get ahold of me when they really needed to. After that I deleted signal and moved on. That’s just my experience. Yours could be different.
Was this on Android?
Yes and to be fair it was a long time ago.
I managed to move a big portion of my friends and groups over to signal and quite a few Android users initially had notification issues that were fixed by updates. Maybe give it another chance.
Signal servers do not allow federation. Use Matrix instead.
The reason why iMessage works and is so popular is because there is no friction. If an iPhone user messages an iPhone user, it just happens. No extra apps, no choices to make, no switching apps to message different people.
There is no want in hell I’m going to get everyone in my life to download Signal, set it up, and use it. Even if I did, I complicated their life, because they would need to do the same, or bounce between apps.
Seeing as 99% of the people I text are on iOS, iMessage isn’t an issue. I think this is the case with a lot of people, where groups of friends/family have the same type of phone… at least that’s what I’ve seen. I have an aunt with an Android phone, but no one really likes her, so it’s not much of an issue.