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Signal is actually open source but I agree with the sentiment.

Services now just want some person info they can link to you and that actually scares me a little.

You're right about Signal having an open source client of course. It's a closed platform because of the 'no-forks-allowed' stipulations.

The main reason for not wishing that Signal is forked revolves around adding new features. It stops things being fragmented.

As both the client _and the server_ is open source though it's entirely possible to do things like Signal<->Matrix bridges.