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The Finnish company Jolla is back with the Linux-powered Jolla Phone. Itโ€™s being positioned as an antidote to the US-dominated smartphone status quo of Android and iOS.

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[โ€“] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 8 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Will the Android Signal client work on it, or does getting one involve forfeiting any means of communication with people who donโ€™t know what a XMPP server is?

[โ€“] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 22 points 22 hours ago

There is an unofficial native client for Signal called Whisperfish.

[โ€“] 73ms@sopuli.xyz 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I think their refusal to allow third-party clients but also only maintain the official one for select few platforms is one of the things that is a big fat minus for Signal

[โ€“] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 10 points 21 hours ago

Yeah I don't trust Signal. I don't get why it's so beloved. Anything that requires me to use a phone with a telecom-company-controlled number as my identity is not something I am generally inclined to interact with much less consider "secure" in any way.