[hanniabu]

Yup, classic bait and switch tactics. Act like a saint, get a ton of users, then milk them dry.

[marcinzm]

For extra points, get paid billions for it and then act outraged when the new owner decides to make back their investment.

[huseyinkeles]

Funny how literally the same thing happened with Oculus acquisition by Facebook.

[kvm]

The founders were true to these values and IMO did not just "act like a saint"

[anoncake]

They did, however, act like fools by selling to Facebook and assuming WhatsApp stayed ethical.

[resynth1943]

I'm personally worried Signal will suffer the same fate. It's heavily trusted in its current state, but it could, in time, turn into a Silicon Valley "product" (and so will we). eye roll.