@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2026-09-24 15:12 UTC
At this stage of the game, it seems incredibly stupid for #Signal to require people to set up a payment method with #Google to permit people to sign up for Signal without using a phone number. Better not to even offer that option than to force that behavior given that Google has gone full MAGA and really can't be trusted anymore.
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@ohir@social.vivaldi.net 2026-09-24 15:37
@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org > it seems incredibly stupid for #Signal to require people to set up a payment method with G It seems very profitable, or at least it might ;) And still there is no standalone desktop for non-nerds, so any desktop message anyway will end at the G or A controlled device. > without using a phone number Since inception Signal allowed _any_ phone number to be used once. Not necessarily your number.