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0 pointsafandian5y ago0 comments

Last time I tried to use it it on my android didn't work without google play services. And they really bury the apk download, which means it's useless(or heavily discouraged) for people without a google account.

(Edit: this is rather a negative comment but its out of frustration -- I want to use it!)

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utf_8x5y ago

The APK is really not that hard to find... https://signal.org/android/apk/

That page also states "Advanced users with special needs can download the Signal APK directly. Most users should not do this under normal circumstances." which IMO is a very good point. Downloading random APKs from the internet is rarely a good idea...

afandianOP5y ago

Yeah you can search for it but it's not obvious from the site. I just think it's a shame that it's touted as open source but they don't appear to have given much thought to the open source demographic. It's not on f-droid.

spiznnx5y ago

They have given it thought, and have purposely decided not to distribute it through f-droid [0]. Yes you have to search for it, but if you are savvy enough to use un-googled android, you will be likely able to find it.

0. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/9044#issu...

klyrs5y ago

It's always been the first hit when I search for "signal apk" from ddg, bing or google

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