The announcement says “give the people what they want”. You know what I really want in Signal for iOS? Backups, not stories. Congratulations for launching stories, but I honestly don’t understand why it has been prioritized over backups (E2E encrypted of course). That’s a major missing piece to replace WhatsApp and other messaging solutions.
There is so much basic functionality missing in Signal as a chat client, news like this - or e.g. integrating crypto payments with a shady cyrpotcurrency [0] - upset me as it does you.
No backups, no drag-n-drop or even pasting support for many things on Mac and iOS, no list of links in chats, no jumping to the context where a media was sent, such an non-native app feel overall are just top-of-my-head annoyances that make Signal a very mediocre chat experience.
Which is a shame, as I share and support most ideas and ideals of Signal.
But I so rarely see Signal as a chat app improve, it angers me.
I've lost my entire message history 3 times now in the past 6 years because they don't have backups. iOS -> iOS migration is buggy and prematurely wipes the old device every time.
Stopped recommending Signal because of this. Seeing stories, stickers, and crypto payments prioritized over basic data integrity makes me sad.
