I guess to be fair it lets them design and support a single UX since iOS doesn't allow them to have SMS in the UX. That could have been a good argument.
Of course, they didn't bother make that argument.
And in the SMS domain Google Messages really does get annoying with the whole Google Messages vs iMessage and how nothing Google is doing with RCS benefits anyone except Google. As Google continues its war on SMS and force migration of everyone to RCS, Signal users on Android end up being the red-headed step child. That also is a good technical/strategic argument for ditching SMS.
But, again, not one that they even bothered make.
And there's always been the "tied to a phone number" issue that's been the #1 complaint about Signal. And once untethered from SMS who cares about phone numbers anymore.
Once again, not even a case they bothered to make.
Of course, they didn't bother make that argument.
And in the SMS domain Google Messages really does get annoying with the whole Google Messages vs iMessage and how nothing Google is doing with RCS benefits anyone except Google. As Google continues its war on SMS and force migration of everyone to RCS, Signal users on Android end up being the red-headed step child. That also is a good technical/strategic argument for ditching SMS.
But, again, not one that they even bothered make.
And there's always been the "tied to a phone number" issue that's been the #1 complaint about Signal. And once untethered from SMS who cares about phone numbers anymore.
Once again, not even a case they bothered to make.