Signal's chief executive officer tells ThePrint about the kind of growth it's seeing amid the privacy concerns over WhatsApp, and why its platform is drawing more attention.
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Batting for Whatsapp, The Print? Signal has gained at least 200 million users in just a week, numbers that would match the best signup weekly numbers for WhatsApp during its existence. I understand it could be difficult for the “uncles and aunties” at The Print to switch and co-ordinate a move to a newer and superior app (try a voice conversation on Signal and compare it with one on WhatsApp for quality, for one – every uncleji and auntyji will sound more natural) but privacy makes sense. It works even for the buzurg community who are heartened by contrived cartoons put up by Facebook / WhatsApp shills. Take it from an old man who’s been there, seen it, and who works for a technology licensing practice for a living.
Quote [ there is no one to talk to on these new platforms.] End quote.
Batting for Whatsapp, The Print? Signal has gained at least 200 million users in just a week, numbers that would match the best signup weekly numbers for WhatsApp during its existence. I understand it could be difficult for the “uncles and aunties” at The Print to switch and co-ordinate a move to a newer and superior app (try a voice conversation on Signal and compare it with one on WhatsApp for quality, for one – every uncleji and auntyji will sound more natural) but privacy makes sense. It works even for the buzurg community who are heartened by contrived cartoons put up by Facebook / WhatsApp shills. Take it from an old man who’s been there, seen it, and who works for a technology licensing practice for a living.