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Originally I've download the signal app through playstore, but often it also get updates from Droid-ify(Fdroid client). Today its weird and I got this . Explain to me this.

On the Droid-ify the signal app is provided by: org.thoughtcrimes.securesms

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What is the benefit of using this instead of Signal?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You get to convince your peers once more to use a different app.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Uses the signal back end and is cross compatible

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

you don’t have to tell your peers that, you can still convince them to switch anyways

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It seems you are not cross compatible with my joke. I admit, I use an obscure back end.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's named after a rave drug.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Android tablets as linked devices is why I use it. Something Signal seems to refuse to add.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fully foss dependencies, degoogled (doesnt require Google Play services), and further hardening to the app. And you can still keep your signal contacts since it is just a fork. Available through Accressant, fdroid, and github.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

But note that you need to download the Fdroid version for the degoogled version

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It has an official F-droid repo.

Also it may work as a temporary solution for those who are having signal troubles