[infotainment]

The lack of any kind of backup/export for iOS is the main thing keeping me from recommending Signal.

Sadly, from what I’ve seen in similar threads online, it seems the devs are opposed to backups in principle (they believe that chats should be ephemeral and backing up is antithetical to this).

[erichocean]

> The lack of any kind of backup/export for iOS is the main thing keeping me from recommending Signal.

"No one can read your chats, including you." — Signal

[nar001]

The devs are working on a cloud backup solution so not quite true, but it's also the one thing that's keeping me from recommending Signal https://signalupdateinfo.com/news/cloud-backups.html

[jtriangle]

Run a windows VM, install signal desktop, bob's your auntie.

[infotainment]

This is basically what I do, just replace Windows vs Mac.

Still, I feel it's much more inconvenient than it really needs to be; the correct UX is a button press.