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I tried to migrate a busy group of friends from Whatsapp to Signal but a few lock-ins emerged:

- stickers (big one!) - if it was possible to import whatsapp stickers library it would be a big win

- on whatsapp it's easier to share news and memes from other groups - network effect

- UX/UI - whatsapp seems to have a much tailored UI for beginners

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I found a bunch of sticker packs here that were easy to install. There must be a way to import telegram sticker packs, because I see them referenced. https://signalstickers.com

At least for Telegram, there are sub-groups out there that port stickers from other services (e.g, LINE). Hard to imagine that won't crop up for Signal eventually, if not already.

Is there a GitHub issue or someone to make this as a feature request for Signal since it's an open source project? +1 to easy migration features that can allow folks and groups to move from WhatsApp to Signal.

https://community.signalusers.org/c/feature-requests

> - UX/UI - whatsapp seems to have a much tailored UI for beginners

How so? UX/UI for beginners is a big priority for Signal, your feedback could be helpful.

I might agree with you for Signal-Desktop: installing another application is always more friction, and it will get out of sync if you don't open it regularly, which doesn't happen with WA since the messages are retrieved from the phone.

FYI: Telegram checks all these boxes.

No end-to-end encryption though. It's optional for direct messages and nonexistent for group chats.

But then it has subpar encryption and they've stated that they will look towards an ad supported model. So it's even worse than WhatsApp.

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