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That’s what I always said. Signal only does one thing right, encryption, and that’s it. The rest isn’t great, they kept the server side code hidden for 1 year to implement the shitty MoxieCoin (so Moxie and his friends could get rich) and removed SMS recently.

I moved to Telegram and the features are so great there’s no way I’ll ever use Signal. If you really need E2EE you can use it in personal chats. For regular chats, the fact that you have access to all your messages from everywhere is really convenient.

Try using an instance close to your house, with good ping. It makes a huge difference.

Go to https://fediverse.observer/map and select Lemmy instances.

Try wefwef.app (go to this website and install it as an app/add it to your homescreen), it’s simply amazing.

As for network errors, try switching to an instance close to your house with a low ping, it’ll make a big difference. Go to https://fediverse.observer/map and select Lemmy instances.

Try Telegram. It’s feature rich and works flawlessly on multiple devices.

Try another instance, as close to your home as possible.

You can browse the map here https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/map

This, but also an instance with a good ping, close to your house.

https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/map

Try registering on a smaller instance that’s more responsive, with a better ping by being closer to your house.

https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/map

Signal fanboys downvoting you.

Yeah, I also have one on lemmy.ca, the ping is more consistent (both are 2-3ms).

Good tips! I should have explained a bit more, but by getting a server as close as possible, your ping should theoretically be lower than an instance that’s far from you (I know, the internet is not a straight line to the server).

The best way to test this is by pinging the server in a CMD prompt/terminal.