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1 year agoThe loss of SMS really diminished Signal’s attractiveness as a messaging app. I still use it because moving the few that I have convinced to employ it as a vector for communication to something more obscure would be even more tiresome.
Basically, supporting SMS and MMS didn’t align with their commitment to privacy and security.
https://signal.org/blog/sms-removal-android/