Signal is working on a standalone version of its desktop app that does not require a smartphone. Signal Desktop will also gain additional options when used as a linked device.
  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Though it’ll still be Electron bloatware, chewing up RAM and CPU cycles for tasks a native app could have done on a potato.

    • 87Six@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Well, in the case of an open source donation-supported project, it gets a pass from me.

      Can’t really ask more optimisation from the devs on top of what they already deliver imho, I’m just glad to have Signal

      Maybe starting a native app would be terribly difficult for them