Meh too bad Signal shot itself in the foot by removing SMS support.
I still think it was a very bad decision that will lead to the use of the app to decrease over time.
At least it definitely decreased my use of it.
I understand it’s a hassle to maintain this feature but still was probably worth it for user acceptance and spread to less technical users.
sms Integration was the reason i wasn’t using it for a long time and then always made sure this was turned off because it was soo confusing for me and everyone i tried to get to signal
It was off by default. Hardly “confusing.”
it was actively prompting to enable the feature during or shortly after setup which could be easily confused for being part of the process and most people i know didn’t actively read it, activated it and then where wondering why they get messages from X (sms) suddenly in signal, or assuming people are on signal, because it suggested regular contacts as well (which would be unencrypted sms)
