Nima

we used to be fine with candles and stinky lanterns filled with perfectly good kerosene too. who tf needs electricity? 🤨

on the topic of family connection, I can't speak to your family experience. only my own. and our family group chat is pretty damn active.

Spam prevention? Ive got spam on Signal. Having your phone number be the barrier of entry doesn't make Signal a flawless app.

and considering i can just plug a google voice number in, I'm not sure its the best barrier.

Signal is not capable of SMS and quite a lot of people still use it.

yes, i know SMS isn't secure at all. but if the option is "keep in touch with close family" or "don't keep in touch" they will probably choose the former if they want to keep that.

using the phone number is still a pretty unnecessary risk, imho.

there's no real need for it any longer.

oh I disabled my "smart" TV's ability to connect to the internet. its a dumb TV now.

it made the mistake of showing me a banner ad while I was gaming. so I promptly cut its balls off in retaliation.

exactly. so I'm wondering what the purpose is for its need.

(edit: apologies- the phone number. needing the phone number.)

if they need my phone number to have an account anyway, they can offer both.

i dont need more apps that do the same thing. i need less.

ironically, replacing shitty clickbait journalists is something AI can and will likely do in the near future.

i love this cat

this is an ad, guys. look at the history.

quite unfortunate.

signal requires a phone number and won't even allow you to send sms to those that aren't on signal.

its better, but still not great.

oooooh that is very interesting. thank you for that.