Using Signal takes people away from large corporations and gives them private communication. So Signal does offer something after all. As long as the programme's code is open and encryption mathematically protects the transmission of messages, the US government is irrelevant.

Yes, it could be said that switching to Signal means that alternatives will not get users. But today it is difficult to persuade anyone to switch to something else

so you can promote it for digital privacy and "no to big tech" purposes.

But it still does zero nada zilch for promoting European digital sovereignty. I would even claim that switching people to Signal does the opposite, since those users will be less likely to switch again to a European product, having already switched once.

Please promote signal as "US privacy software". But not as European digital sovereignty. It's OK to like signal. But it's wrong to say it helps our sovereignty

Large corporations will cooperate with all governments (including the US), and Signal cannot mathematically leak your data. Between today's reality and switching to Signal, I would choose Signal.

Yes, it would be good if there were a strong European alternative that would gain popularity, but I don't see such a ‘player’.

#DeltaChat, it is decentralized, doesn't require phone numbers or any private data, onboarding is smooth much easier than in signal, similar UI (it is a signal fork) it has much better multi-device and multi-profile support, secure in-chat mini-apps like notepads, to-do lists, shopping lists, etc

there are alternatives, but they will not gain momentum if you don't promote them and stop misinforming people selling a centralized silo running on amazon as sovereign
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