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I think part of the problem here is that the UI/UX of Signal (and Telegram) are just not very good.

Both are off-putting experiences and in turn do little to motivate people to switch to them.

Seriously, Telegram UI/UX isn't good? That's the best user experience I know for a chat application and the main reason why I use it.

Yeah, hearing TG's UI/UX described as not good made me do a double take. It's the best UI I've ever seen in a chat app, and I've probably used at least a dozen by now.

I find the UI/UX of Signal to be good enough that I used it as my default messaging app, even though I only have a few contacts who use(d) Signal.

It took until Oreo/Pie for the stock messaging app to become equally good or better, and by then none of my contacts bothered with using Signal anymore. It's now 0% Signal, 0.1% text messages, 0.1% WhatsApp, 99.8% FB Messenger, which is really depressing.

You can't export chats on Signal iOS, which sucks.

What does it mean to "export chats" and why would you want to do it?

It's about when you get a new phone. You can't move your Signal conversations to the new phone.

1. Switch to a new phone. 2. Want to find something previously messaged to someone. Say, a link. Or find dates of something. 3. Cannot.

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