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Signal AppImage now officially available for Linux (aboutsignal.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by solbt@feddit.org to c/signal@lemmy.ml

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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

They're clearly doing everything they can to dissuade anyone from installing using any private method. Why?

No auto-updates and most regular users probably don't know how to validate the hash.

[–] vas@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well yes, but also because their app is proproetary. As in, it bundles proprietary dependencies, in particular for google push system and there was a proprietary dependency for audio processing, too.

More things can be said, e.g. that Molly actually "fixes" these problems... But I think it's fair to mention what I wrote above.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Molly isn't on F-Droid either for that matter, but it seems more trustworthy than Signal, I get it off Accrescent

[–] Ghoelian@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

If they put it on f-droid they'd automatically get auto updates as well.

[–] OilyArena@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Surprisingly, the standalone apk version is able to self-update and will remind you to do so.