“When you use Signal, your data is stored in encrypted form on your devices. The only information that is stored on the Signal servers for each account is the phone number you registered with, the date and time you joined the service, and the date you last logged on.”
Yeah, I’m basically in this boat. My OS is what brings my notifications together, and makes clear distinctions between the different apps I utilize. I don’t need one app to do everything. I use signal for sensitive business, having conversations about projects and sending credentials to coworkers. I use Teams for general work conversations. I use iMessage for nearly all other casual conversations - of those maybe 30% are SMS.
As an Android user, all I have to say is fuck iMessage. Dark pattern, anticompetitive piece of shit.
I think you mean Apple. Apple is an anticompetitive. They don’t want people to leave their ecosystem the moment they’ve bought a signal apple product.
Anyone that privacy minded could’ve easily just made any other app their default SMS app.
I still see no reason they ever needed to drop it.
I mean, you can see at least one reason I’m sure