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		nradov on Feb 21, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Signal can now be used without Google Play Service... Wow that's an amazingly stupid and short sighted decision. Why would they tie their app to a legacy numbering system which doesn't even serve to accurately identify people?

anc84 on Feb 21, 2017 | [–]

So that they do not have to worry about that. It's a pretty smart decision to offload the issue of unique IDs to an existing infrastructure.

I really do not like it either too though.

MichaelGG on Feb 21, 2017 | [–]

... Same reason WhatsApp got so many users and became worth billions? It's simple, straightforward, and just works for most people.

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