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On the user friendly note... The unfortunate part is that I'd love to use Signal, but there is no one on it. And I don't mean that millions of people use it is today, but there isn't a single person in my circle that uses it. Even if i started today and convinced one person, to use it, it wouldn't be something that I would default to because the non privacy focused apps are just easier.
So my arguement is there are no simple alternatives because every alternative still hasn't solved the population/popularity issue. I need one of these apps to be able to import ongoing groups and conversations that people can just immediately pick up in signal when I abandon whatsapp or whatever.... That's before I start using it, let alone my mom.
I do hope they get there though
I did the same what @warm said and I don't even have WhatsApp. If someone needs something from me they have to write on Signal (or SMS 🤣).
That issue is down to you. To us.
Convincing people is hard and some might never move away from what they have.
I managed to convince my family and friends, they still use WhatsApp to talk to some people, but otherwise they use Signal.