The example you linked is about push notifications in general, nothing specific ...

fsflover · 2026-01-16T17:21:12 1768584072

> nothing specific to the Signal app

The specific part is that Signal forces Google and Apple on its users, and forces the specific kind of push notifications, too.

JCattheATM · 2026-01-18T00:47:37 1768697257

Signal works fine on degoogled LineageOS, so I'm not sure that's true.

fsflover · 2026-01-19T10:06:49 1768817209

LineageOS is Google's Android. Try to run Signal on a Pinephone.

JCattheATM · 2026-01-19T13:14:54 1768828494

You can use linux clients just fine, like gurk, which I linked you in another comment.

fsflover · 2026-01-19T17:52:44 1768845164

AFAIK I must connect it to Android or iOS before I can use it.

JCattheATM · 2026-01-19T18:00:03 1768845603

I don't think so, you could use the official Linux build as far as I know. I think it needs a phone number but not necessarily a mobile device. I might be wrong though.

fsflover · 2026-01-20T08:00:50 1768896050

It required to scan the QR code from a "mobile" app last time I tried.

(You really have a lot of free time to write unsubstantiated dismissals to all my posts.)

JCattheATM · 2026-01-20T13:56:53 1768917413

> It required to scan the QR code from a "mobile" app last time I tried.

Are you against using an Android (or LineageOS) emulator to do so?

> (You really have a lot of free time to write unsubstantiated dismissals to all my posts.)

You pop up in a lot of threads I'm interested in and seem to say a lot of incorrect things, that's all.

fsflover · 2026-01-21T08:49:37 1768985377

> Are you against using an Android (or LineageOS) emulator to do so?

1. It's annoying and inconvenient.

2. It's the result of an artificial restriction by Moxie, for which I can't see any good reason, making me suspicious. In my opinion, this is basically an attack on true mobile freedom.

3. I do not believe in a good app isolation of Waydroid, so I would prefer to use as rare as possible. I also do not trust Android too much. And I will have to run two Signal apps simultaneously.