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YSK: Signal is a great secure private messenger app comparable to others on the market.
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this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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Oh no...
I've switched to a dumb Nokia phone two years ago, so can't use signal but I've always liked the service, I'm so sad to hear that... I've always assumed that one day I'll be getting the Punkt Pigeon phone, but these news are making me reconsider. Oh, no SMS support. Then there's zero reason to use signal, then. I'm never convincing all of my friends to switch, and I don't need another messaging app for the two that do.
I thought that they do know what they're doing, but crypto? Really? I wouldn't mind if they moved Signal to use smart contracts for messaging, but call they have to come up with is crypto? Lol.
You do not need crypto to call with it. It is simply a payment mechanism. I don't see anything wrong with it. If anyone is uninterested, they can simply turn it off or not use it. Conversely, burning up fees to interact with smart contracts to message is what seems more silly to me. There'd be no opting out of that.
You are right, I always forget about the fuel cost. Ever since I learned how blockchain and smart contracts work, I really really want to like that idea. But I can't come up with almost anything aside from like voting that would not be better done in a centralized way, and would be suitable for mass and prolonged use. That was why I mentioned it, because maybe it would've worked to use smart contracts from messaging. But then again, storing data and fuel is expensive, so it's again a bad idea.