mollyim-android

> message history functionality is too restrictive for me. At least a way you can get around this is to do the backing up by desktop. I'm assuming you're on an iPhone because Android supports backup. If you are Android, see Molly: https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android > Telegram strikes a good balance, and wins at the UI/UX game. Telegram gets the "lol" because it's not default E2EE. They advertise themselves as E2EE but most people are not using this feature because it's opt in. If you're going to seriously position yourself as a security app, the defaults have to be secure. It's the bare minimum. And E2EE isn't even available for group chats... WhatsApp is more secure (telegram also gathers metadata)... I do think signal has stagnated while there are many things that could really be improved, including low hanging fruit like ju

You can with Molly[0], which is a much better client and a great team behind it. [0] https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android

You may be able to install something like https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android in the EU ... eventually.

I'm sure it will become possible soon. The code is already there on iOS, as the app also work on iPad, but hidden behind the internal feature flag [0]. Same with Android [1]. If your second device in an Android, you can already use it now with [Molly](https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android). Also, WhatsApp recently added this feature, so the expectations from potential new users who switched is now there. [0] https://community.signalusers.org/t/allow-android-ios-device... [1] https://community.signalusers.org/t/allow-android-ios-device...

There are quite a few forks that connects directly to the Signal servers, [Molly](https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android) being the most well-known I believe. From my understanding, they're not a fan of it (not sure if it's officially against their TOS or not) but they don't go out of their way to stop them. At least as long as you don't use the Signal name and make it clear you're not an official app. Even in this blog post about usernames, they clearly make sure to mention them: "This means that in about 90 days, your phone number privacy settings will be honored by everyone using an official Signal app."