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[-] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 49 points 2 months ago

That's outdated information:

Go forth and contribute, fork, or create your own.

They also refuse to distance themselves from Google’s app store.

This link has existed forever at this point if we count in internet years: https://signal.org/android/apk/ - getting an app directly from the developer with no middleman is about as distant as you can get from Google's app store.

[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

Those clients exist despite Signal Foundation, not because they encourage community development. They are doing everything they can to discourage third party app development.

[-] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

They are doing everything they can to discourage third party app development.

I'd say you're moving the goalpost. Other than the hostility the founder showed towards LibreSignal nearly 10 years ago now, can you source any evidence to support your claim?

[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago
[-] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

That link, and I could be missing it, has nothing to do with what I claimed. Mind editing your post and quoting a red flag linked at the source you provided?

[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago

Some of my favourite red flags:

Signal's dependence on Google libraries: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9044#issuecomment-535194837

Signal dev bullshitting a non-answer and then hilariously refuting his non-answer: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9044#issuecomment-534340623

Signal hiding its serverside source code for many months: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/11101

You can find many more examples.

The last one about server side code, together with Signal's funding sources and their obsession with phone numbers code leads me to suspect that Signal is just a honeypot by US intelligence.

[-] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Those clients exist despite Signal Foundation, not because they encourage community development. They are doing everything they can to discourage third party app development.

That was your original claim. None of the sources you provided back up your original claim. We can talk about Google libraries or the delay in server side code if you want to go down that path, but that's a completely different discussion. Why are you pivoting to other topics? Will you concede your original point or do you have evidence to back it up?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

I wish they had Signal on F-droid but at the end of the day at least it is possible to use Molly Foss.

[-] misaloun@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

Signal actually has a rule on not using third party clients on its servers. These clients existing do not prove the point you intend.

[-] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

can you post a link to this rule?

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