☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 3 months agoIs there a reason why Signal is being promoted instead of Wirewire.commessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkIs there a reason why Signal is being promoted instead of Wirewire.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
It’s based on Signal protocol and it’s also open source. However, unlike Signal it doesn’t harvest phone numbers. https://github.com/wireapp
minus-square@istanbullu@lemmy.mllinkfedilink6•3 months agoI’m not using Signal until it’s on F-Droid.
minus-square@akilou@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink5•3 months agoYou don’t even need a store, you can install through the apk here https://signal.org/android/apk/
minus-square@istanbullu@lemmy.mllinkfedilink8•3 months agoSignal’s hostility to F-Droid is the problem.
minus-squarePup BirulinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agothey’re not hostile… they don’t see the reason for them and it’s not as clear cut as you’re making it out in favour of f-droid
minus-square@istanbullu@lemmy.mllinkfedilink-2•3 months agoBecause Google’s monopoly on the appstore is just great, right?
I’m not using Signal until it’s on F-Droid.
You don’t even need a store, you can install through the apk here https://signal.org/android/apk/
Signal’s hostility to F-Droid is the problem.
Care to expand on what you mean by that?
they’re not hostile… they don’t see the reason for them and it’s not as clear cut as you’re making it out in favour of f-droid
Because Google’s monopoly on the appstore is just great, right?
they have apks
which still use Google services.
that’s an entirely separate concern to f-droid