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Signals selling point was secure messaging.

Now they seem to be diverging from that.

Telegrams selling point was a better WhatsApp, and IIRC this started back when WhatsApp was still unencrypted (yes, not point-to-point encrypted but unencrypted).

Since then they've always taken the lead over WhatsApp everywhere except on E2E-encryption.

That's the difference IMO.

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Signal is still a secure messaging app. Signal will always be a secure messaging app. They have ignored feature requests to maintain secure/private messaging. Secure communication is paramount to signal.

There is 0 evidence signal is diverging from being a secure messaging app. Are they adding non-chat related features? Yes. Are they making their app any less of a secure chat platform? Absolutely not.

I'd argue that exchanging money is a form of communication. I argued before that this still fits very cleanly in the cypherpunk manifesto.

I agree that it can still be secure.

I'm just explaining the backlash.

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