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Comment by firesteelrain | Hacker News Reader

I prefer Signal and it provides encryption.

Signal has the better protocol and the better organisation behind it, but inferior apps and UX. It's unfortunate, really.

Apps? I just use it for messaging.

I haven’t noticed any major UX issues but I use it for one thing only

Yes, the messaging apps. They suck big-time. By far the worst communication app I’ve ever used. So many bugs…

Telegram is indeed the best like others are saying, and WhatsApp is a distant second.

Can you give an example?

Never had any problem with Signal.

On iOS, if you turn off your Internet connection and receive a message, you won’t get a notification when you restore your connection. This problem doesn’t exist with WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram. Quite strange.

On my Signal app screen, I have Chats, Calls and Stories. I could probably do without Stories. Periodically it prompts me for my PIN.

Other than that it just works

You can actually turn off Stories in the settings, then the option also disappears from the bottom bar.

Signal for mobile and Signal for desktop are different apps with different code bases. Neither is as good as Telegram's, in my opinion.

Signal is fine for messaging. Not bad, not amazing. I'd have a much easier time convincing people to switch to Signal if it would've had a client as good as Telegram's, especially for the desktop application.

That said, Telegram has been adding more and more annoying premium features that distract and annoy.

Thanks I only use mobile so now I understand

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