alt Hacker NewsThen don't do that?
Install vanilla LineageOS or GrapheneOS with no GApps. Then install Signal from https://signal.org/android/apk/
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microtonal • today at 1:47 PM
That doesn't address the criticism that this thread started with:
Unified Push, which works flawlessly on Molly, could easily be implemented in the regular client.
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The whole point is that it's unusable without Google services due to battery drain. Meta got it right with WhatsApp and a battery-efficient WebSockets implementation for notifications without Google services, but Signal's implementation is poor.