Subj : w/o the govt, fed or China listening
To   : Ogg
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Jan 27 2025 02:04 pm

  Re: w/o the govt, fed or China listening
  By: Ogg to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jan 27 2025 12:11 pm

 > Perhaps Signal seems to have had a headstart in the market, and
 > thus attained the necessary momentum to attract users. More
 > people learned about it faster than any of the others.

There is that, but there is also the fact that, as far as the end user is concerned, it works exactly as other mobile messengers they are most likely to be familiar with.

Stuff like WhatsApp is popular here because people does not need to manage credentials. You just feed it your phone number after downloading the App and you are set. You don't even need to exchange contacts because your friends already have your phone number. End users expect that sort of thing and Signal just provides that thing.

If a different solution needs you to generate an ID and exchange the ID with your peers, that solution is going to be less popular because lambs are not expecting that from a mobile messenger.


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