I get their point that you can't provide a "No" in the reminder. But there should be an option (maybe even hidden under "advanced settings - here be dragons!") for this.

Molly, the Signal fork, has exactly this feature. https://molly.im/

>I get their point that you can't provide a "No" in the reminder.

Yes you can. All reminders should have an option "Do not remind me again."

Problem is (and that was their argument) people press this button all the time without reading the dialogue at all, and then won't know how to turn it back on. A messenger app has to deal with very technical illiterate people. But there should be an option in settings for the tech savvy user.

Perhaps non-tech-literate people should not be annoyed with unwanted popups either.

Signal is an interesting case study in UX failure. I and a bunch of other tech forward people were on it in its heyday but after they removed SMS support and implemented shitty UX like that nag dialog: Neither I nor a single person I know uses it any more. Everyone is on Whatsapp or iMessage.

It may be cryptographically superior, but does that matter at the end of the day if nobody uses it?

Cryptographical superiority aside, Signal doesn't collect personal data, unlike Whatsapp. For me that's the main reason to use it. The UX is good enough, although some points can for sure be improved.

Whatsapp should be a non starter. What Mark Zuckerberg did to Whatsapp should be required reading for anyone using the internet, and then decide if you still want to use Facebook (never mind, they build a shadow profile for you anyway)

"It's time. Delete Facebook" isn't subtle https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/09/26/exclusive...

That needs spelled out.

Delete: Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Meta, Threads, Manus.

Most people think of Facebook and Messenger when they see "Delete Facebook". Thats also why the rest dont have Meta or FB in their name.

Sounds like they just don't care about privacy, do they? Guess showing them https://i.redd.it/0imry50rxy961.png still won't change anything..

That is a thoroughly unconvincing graphic, yeah.

A few of my neighbors have kids the same age as my kids, they're on a WhatsApp group chat, and my choice is either use WhatsApp or make my kid miss out on social events, so it's not really a choice.

"Hey let's switch to this app that nobody else is using and it sends you annoying popups every month but trust me bro it's more secure" is not a winning argument

The graphic has an error: in the Signal box, "Phone number" should be included.

WhatsApp isn't any better, it's just more popular.

Every so often I consider writing the "STFU license." Something like GPL but if you use this code, even as a library, you can't give people unwanted notifications. Would need to be pretty comprehensive and forward compatible to cover all the crazy cases that notification-enthusiasts dream up.