> It could be saved on devices and supplied as needed from that device history.
Then what if a new person joined the group convo? Do they have a right to see everything that everyone has said in that group convo, right back to the beginning? What if someone objects to sharing past conversations? What if sharing past conversations is a legitimate security concern to the group?
How does one filter out those past statements by someone who doesn’t want to share past statements? With security-state and foreign-state moles being a rather big issue in some groups, this is a legitimate rabbit’s hole that needs addressing. Some companies that standardize on Signal may not want any prior convos to become available to new entrants.
Personally, I see the lack of history to be a very real competitive advantage, and not any sort of a nerf.
Sure, your own history can be shared between installs on devices that you yourself own. But that is your chat history, meant for only you.
Then what if a new person joined the group convo? Do they have a right to see everything that everyone has said in that group convo, right back to the beginning? What if someone objects to sharing past conversations? What if sharing past conversations is a legitimate security concern to the group?
How does one filter out those past statements by someone who doesn’t want to share past statements? With security-state and foreign-state moles being a rather big issue in some groups, this is a legitimate rabbit’s hole that needs addressing. Some companies that standardize on Signal may not want any prior convos to become available to new entrants.
Personally, I see the lack of history to be a very real competitive advantage, and not any sort of a nerf.
Sure, your own history can be shared between installs on devices that you yourself own. But that is your chat history, meant for only you.