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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

what do you mean? i use it a lot and it works great, photos, videos, phone calls, optional temporary location sharing with friends, and encryption.

what features do you want it to have that it's lacking?

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget, cross-platform!

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

i totally forgot, another great point

[–] trailee@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Don’t forget voice calls! It has some rough edges there (my audio doesn’t always connect successfully, etc), but when it works the codec sounds better than a standard phone call and there’s no mass surveillance. I use it in place of phone calls for all the people in my network who have it, including my immediate family.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

that's a great point, i use the voice calls daily.

added above.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

And video! Group video too!

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm guessing they probably want stickers or something

Edit: apparently this is available on signal so I have no fucking idea then

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah you can even make your own stickers for free

[–] vinyl@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yea we heavily use it in the army

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

very cool, i had no idea.

free, convenient, reliable encryption.

[–] Live_Let_Live@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My guess is it heavily private and does not have channels

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

does not have channels

except that it does. you can make a public group with a shareable link, and change permissions so that only the admins can post.