[UserIsUnused]

>Signal has always focused on functionality that would get them the most users with the least amount of effort.

But that is extremely important for a messaging app.

It's irrelevant how secure it is if nobody is using it. Unless you are into just talking to yourself.

Signal keeps on upgrading its security feature as well, they are not being left behind, and until quite recently, they didn't really had enough devs.

[tialaramex]

It's important for Signal's goals, "secure global communication" but it's not important for people who enjoy tinkering and like to play at James Bond once in a while.

For example, if you have Signal's goals you want Henry your hairdresser, Peter the guy who sells you untaxed vodka, and Betty the local baker to all have the same secure system for messaging and it just works even though lots of the messages are mundane and don't "need" to be secured.

But if you want to play James Bond then it's _cool_ that you had to download a alpha preview version of a clunky app and then Peter had to keep rebooting his laptop so he could tell you "The merchandise will be delivered to the usual place tomorrow night". You felt like a real bad ass turning on "Advanced Crypto: Experimental" in the Special Features preferences window and seeing it say "These messages are now secret!" in your chat window. Being interrupted with Betty's broadcast reminder of the discount on sour dough loaves through January stops it feeling special.