• PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah I think you are right. I too was really mad at Signal for ditching sms, and THEN having the audacity to ask for donations! This article shines a light on the reasons, wow.

    Still, I would only donate if they kept sms in there. Not without sms because now it’s just one more isolated platform and no longer a one-stop solution at it used to be.

    • ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      The sms cost is for account creation and verification on new devices, being an sms client didn’t cost anything aside from maintaining that portion of the app