• Never got why people didn’t like it. It made SMS feel unduly secure, and having different messenger apps for different protocols doesn’t really bother me.

        • @explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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          For me at least it was easy to look at the icon, but it’s hard to remember which protocols everyone is using. I can pay the search cost or I can just default to SMS.

          I wish there was a compatible fork that worked the old way.

          • I think the main difference may be that SMS haven’t been the default in my country practically since Smartphones came out.

            With every friend, I usually also know whether they’re on Threema, Signal, or Discord (Sigh). Those that remain are on WhatsApp.