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Strongly disagree. As someone who has lots of friends and comrades using Signal on a daily basis, the fact that you have to tie it to a phone is (rightfully) perceived by anarchists as a threat against us.
If you are using Signal for anonymity, then you need to learn how to pick the correct tools for the correct job. You go to XMPP or Matrix or Retroshare or some chat over I2P for that, not Signal.
The only thing you can achieve properly, for the most part, is pseudonymity, and not anonymity over Signal, because your SIM is being tracked, unless you have a working VoIP provider that cannot be traced back to you.
I agree, but that doesn't mean everyone is on the same boat. Matrix/XMPP clients still don't have as good UX as Signal.
You can choose beautiful UX or you can choose a workable UX plus features you need. Element UI looks fine to me, as does blabber.im.