Hi On 16 October 2019 00:19:24 BST, dllud <dl...@riseup.net> wrote: >Hi Fil, > >If I remember correctly Signal uses Google Cloud Messaging or other >similar Google service for push messages. Thus it depends on the >non-free Google Play services. That's the reason why it isn't available >on F-Droid.
I'm not sure that is right. I think that it has been possible to use Signal without Google Play Services for the last couple of years: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/1669731329bcc32c84e33035a67a2fc22444c24b An old comment from moxie about why he doesn't distribute on fdroid is here: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/281#issuecomment-21762482 That is now a bit out of date, AIUI, and the non-Google APK is available on the site (might be here: https://signal.org/android/apk/ ) though I've always used the Play version. Not sure if updates are solved in that version. Kind regards, Aaron _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list Replicant@osuosl.org https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
