Honestly, I get why one would be discouraged by signal, but as long as your threat model is not “NSA and mossad have a price on my head”, I think it is still the best non-federated alternative. I’d rather take a flawed messenger with well regarded encryption than a beta version that nobody with time and crypto knowledge ever looked at.
I mean, everyone who pays attention knows how spinger is absolute trash. Has been since the founding of the FRG. Unfortunately, the morons who read it don’t die out. They thrive on stupid and mentally lazy people. I wish I knew how to change that.