I’ve grown with ICQ, MSN Messenger, TeamSpeak, Skype, several local chat apps, then people obsessed with Facebook Messenger, then Snapchat… I just know any particular chatting app is a temporary fad that will eventually end, it’s just their cycle. Don’t get attached to them.

Same here. I’m just surprised at how well Signal is holding up.

Unfortunately it’s difficult to get people to switch to it

And they didn’t make it any easier by removing SMS support from the mobile app.

It was pretty easy to get a couple of my friends to switch by saying it’s just another SMS client that also supports highly encrypted messaging with other people that use Signal. Now that it’s standalone, nobody will even fucking touch it.

which is weird, I don’t know any other country that still uses SMS other than the usa, for chatting.

it’s for 2FA from banks (which are now switching to authenticator apps) and bulk scams mostly that I can see.

Canada. Now you know two! Granted, we are basically the 51st state at this point…