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Phew. I hope this means Signal gets back to normal soon.

Also, Signal should introduce some kind of paid subscription with a few critically important qualities:

1. Anonymous payment that binds subscriptions to users without retaining anything about who paid. Like a prepaid GSM SIM. All Signal needs to know is that the current terminal uses a paid subscription.

2. Ability to buy a cheaper bulk/family bundle. I use Signal to talk to family and close friends and would like to pay for myself and my parents, at the very least.

3. Price it differently in different countries. $1 in India is as heavy as $10 in US. This is super mega important.

4. Setup dedicated servers for subscription users with a much better service level. The service collapse that happened today should not happen again. There should also be an option for a fully encrypted backup that Signal cannot decrypt just on the server side to store personal conversation logs.



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