[aceelric]

Signal can't be bought. They're a non-profit org

[lucideer]

There are many things that can happen to a non-profit that can change the way they provide software or a service. Apart from a sale being possible (albeit with regulator approval), a non-profit could split (see MozillaCorp), or simply act against its own stated interest due to internal politics (see PIR).

Or the change could be smaller such as the non-profit changing focus and transferring one of it's products to another entity. e.g. Signal could hypothetically pivot to focus on crypto lib dev/maintenance and transfer the messaging service maintenance to another org.

[lrvick]

When they run out of money to pay for servers they can sell assets as they please to whomever they please.

[decrypt]

Brian Acton, WhatsApp co-founder, one who left Facebook post-acquisition, infused 50M USD into Signal. And, Signal is community-supported through donations. I hope that Signal remains here for a long time.

[frewsxcv]

Which app is immune to this?

[jaggs]

Maybe not? "Signal is an independent nonprofit. We're not tied to any major tech companies, and we can never be acquired by one either."

[zakember]

If that can't happen, companies are better off forking Signal's code and making their own variant.