I hope this post will come across polite, and not get anyone offside.

Sure I could have just left quietly without saying anything, but I came to signal for change, so figure I should at least voice my (only) issue, that sadly has overwhelmingly been the reason I'll uninstall for good today.

I understand there must be a reason for so many updates, but for your average person I believe it is just too cumbersome, and not seamless enough to have to almost every week:

- find out the reason you got no replies was because your version was out of date
- download & install the newest version
- re-link all the devices you want to use

I tried so hard getting all my group chats to try signal instead. Getting my close friends to message me on signal instead.

Oh lord the number of times I've replied on signal to a question, and text/whatsapped back "i replied on signal".

I sat in marketing meetings where we'd have 10-20 staff members on whatsapp and I convinced everyone we should switch to signal.

SO - what came of this?

Well, first of all my friends, one by one I noticed they'd not reply. I'd bump into them irl and theyd say one of two things:

1. "oh really? i still have the app, i wonder why i didnt get that message" - then they'd open it and be "ohhhh i think i have to update it"
2. "oh i uninstalled it, just text me like normal - what did you say"
   

The marketing groups chats were similar, but what would happen more-often or not is one of the (usually older) managers wouldnt know or wouldnt want to update, and theyd send an email saying "We're just going to stick with whatsapp it works better for everyone"

So now today, the VERY last person I still had on there just called me, asking why I'd not replied to them. I opened the PC app to be met with my 35th update, and realised - this was the end.

I hope I've come across as someone who wants to better our communication, get away from the zuk. Not a salty boomer who doesn't understand updates.

BOL to everyone who uses it, and works on it. Hopefully I'll be back sometimes in the future :)