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@signalapp Since your president (the orange, not Meredith) just effectively declared war on Europe’s democracy I have a very hard time supporting anyone and anything that is located in the US. You do good and important work, but please do it from somewhere else, where you are not easily subjectable to fascist ‘law’
@Tjader @signalapp Is there a source for this "declaration of war"?
@Tjader @signalapp Oh the American president. I thought you meant Meredith Whittaker 🤣.

@Avitus @Tjader @signalapp To be honest I thought that too and was wondering what did Meredith do that's so anti-Europe.

Unfortunately if you start penalizing every US company — even the ones doing good work — due to the actions of an administration you don't agree with, you probably end up doing more harm than good.

We need people within the US fighting the good fight — right now especially. More power to the likes of @signalapp and @eff.

@Avitus @signalapp Whoops, my bad 🙈 Didn’t think that ‘president’ could apply to more than DT
@signalapp Da ich nicht das Produkt sein möchte, unterstützte ich mit einer monatlichen Spende gerne eine Dienst. Ich finde die Einstellung von Signal gut und überzeugend und hoffe sehr, dass es sich so schnell nicht ändert.
Dennoch wäre es toll, wenn man (ähnlich wie bei Wikipedia) sehen könnte, was an Geld noch benötigt wird.
Beste Grüße und vielen Dank.
@signalapp Will there be a way to BUY the app/an account rather than ”donating”?
@jpsays @signalapp what is this?

@talamander @signalapp

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For those with stock, donating stock via “donor advised funds” is a huge tax win over cash donations. Plus funds grow with the market as well. I wish I learned this decades ago.

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@signalapp Sure, just change the service to allow users to register without handing you their phone numbers or any other form of real life identifying information and I'll donate $100 on the same day the update drops! I'm not registering, sending a single cent or recommending anyone use this over https://matrix.org until then 👍
This is not a new complaint (https://community.signalusers.org/t/registration-without-a-phone-number/2222) and the fact that we are almost in the big '26 with no plans in sight to change this should raise some eyebrows
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@gsprs @signalapp At the very least let people use an account without requiring them to have an Android or iOS smartphone.
Respect your users' freedom FFS.

Until then:
- Best matrix client for mobile imo: https://fluffy.chat/en/
- More free and open source clients: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/

#Privacy #Matrix #FOSS #Linux #Freedom #Encryption #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #LinuxPhone #Signal

@signalapp I remember the day I donated $50 and got a silly little award in the app. I also remember losing that award 30d later and being asked to donate again.

@signalapp I always get an 'Unable to process donation' error on the app. I am trying to use an American Express INR card from India to process a recurring monthly donation.

Any help?

It's a miniscule amount, but hey I am doing this more for myself and my conscience, than for Signal as such.

@signalapp donated through employer matching. Keep up the good work.
@signalapp Don't donations through the app mean that I give 30% to Google/Apple? You should create a nice page on the website, like Mastodon did https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors
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@Distante

They always say, 'If you don't want to donate through the app, there's a website...' But you won't get the 'Sponsor' badge in the app.

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@ihor @signalapp I didn't know. I made my judgement based solely on this post.

But the page could be prettier and more user-friendly. I'm talking about this.

@Distante

Agreed, their donation website is terrible right now))

@signalapp

@Distante @signalapp afaik it doesn’t apply for non profits, so 0 fee
@signalapp I occasionally donate to Signal, and would be willing to do monthly, but the minimum monthly is too much for me to afford. Not everyone is on a North American tech job salary. I originally backed WhatsApp for years before the acquisition, I now no longer use it for privacy concerns. But I find signal prohibitively expensive at the minimum level.
@signalapp why is the picture so dark? White bg would help readability
@signalapp Add a backup function (afaik there was one for Android for years) so that I can have my data outside of the App and make it open („federation“ or something like that). We saw enough how problematic centralized services are. Then I‘m happily donating!
@signalapp Paid pseudonymous accounts when?
@signalapp It's so annoying that people are sticking to whatsapp and a pain to ask them to contact me on signal like you won't use a free app
@signalapp sadly, no way to donate Monero (XMR)