It is basically WhatsApp 2, with a source-available client. The client isn’t free unless forked and used with some other server, because Signal can ban you solely for using a fork. Not being federated may have minor security benefits, but there is no excuse for not having the client accept connecting to multiple servers; they just want to lock you in. Normal people should use Matrix, or XMPP. I am much more concerned about Signal paywalling things and locking me in and so on than about someone knowing at what time I send messages to someone.
I don’t think you understand what “source available” means. Their client has a GPL V3 Licence. That’s FOSS. It does use some non-free libraries like play services, but that still isn’t what source-available means.
Because the source of the play services is not available.
“Nooo, but XMMP and Matrix can be so hard for normies”
Ewww… Not actually, that’s only if the client has a horrible UX, but Conversations and Cheogram for XMPP and idk, Extera Next or Sable Next for Matrix are pretty straightforward for that.
It is basically WhatsApp 2, with a source-available client. The client isn’t free unless forked and used with some other server, because Signal can ban you solely for using a fork. Not being federated may have minor security benefits, but there is no excuse for not having the client accept connecting to multiple servers; they just want to lock you in. Normal people should use Matrix, or XMPP. I am much more concerned about Signal paywalling things and locking me in and so on than about someone knowing at what time I send messages to someone.
I don’t think you understand what “source available” means. Their client has a GPL V3 Licence. That’s FOSS. It does use some non-free libraries like play services, but that still isn’t what source-available means.
Because the source of the play services is not available.
Based.
“Nooo, but XMMP and Matrix can be so hard for normies”
Ewww… Not actually, that’s only if the client has a horrible UX, but Conversations and Cheogram for XMPP and idk, Extera Next or Sable Next for Matrix are pretty straightforward for that.
It is not harder than email, which everyone uses.