Signal doesn't support backup exports on iOS

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3 points·throwachimera··5 comments

What’s even more annoying is they’ve stated they’re against backups in principle. They feel that users shouldn’t back up history and to do so is antithetical to their version of “security”.

It’s the thing I dislike most about Signal. Sadly, there aren’t any good alternatives either.

Hm? I have backups running, it's under Settings → Conversations. Do you have a source for that bit about dislike?

You have backups running on Android — the linked post is about how iOS doesn’t support backups. (And hasn’t for years, so it’s clearly not a priority)

Anyway, this related comment thread notes similar impressions of the Signal team:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25686475

> “I've tried to report bugs and talk to developers about this but there's one fundamental problem here - the Signal team fundamentally does not value chat history the same way a lot of people do. They think that destroying all chats is a reasonable thing to do when things get hard - which is the exact opposite to many WhatsApp users, which deeply value images and texts sent to them on that platform.”

> “It's not a technical issue - they just think you're wrong when you want to keep your conversations.”

Ah, so it's not a principled opposition to backups, just someone twisting words. Film at 11.

Ah, so you’re not actually interested in this topic, you’re just a troll. Classic.

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