Signal is getting Cloud Backups
We are getting Cloud Backups in the future! Currently, there are two tiers planned:
The free tier offers:
- 30 days of media backup
- ??? GB of storage
The paid ($3 / mo) tier offers:
- media & text backup forever
- 1TB of storage Both tiers' features and the pricing of the paid plan are still subject to change
What do you think about this?
Sources: SignalUpdateInfo
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From the website, thought this would be good to call out: "Signal Update Info is not affiliated with Signal and is not an official Signal website."
oh, that's very important to know
Yes you are right but the website links github commits as sources
Can someone explain use case for me? I assume it's for folks who don't autodelete messages and want the encryption and non-spying but the same chat 'archive' of other apps like FB Messenger, WhatsApp, etc.?
Pretty much yea
I'd like to have this replace messenger/WhatsApp/etc. for as many people as possible
Like if you drop your phone and it gets run over by a truck, you can buy a new phone and have all of your chat history still.
Your link is broken, here's the working link
https://signalupdateinfo.com/news/cloud-backups.html
EDIT: OP fixed it :)
I'm sorry. You are right. Does it work now?
It does 👌
They are exactly the same and I can open them both 🤷🏼
You link markdown is backward
should be
It might be your app / front end rendering the link text correctly, while for others it doesn't work
Correct formatting:
[Text](URL)So you want:
[signalupdateinfo](https://signalupdateinfo.com/news/cloud-backups.html)Yes it seems like Thunder for some reason does it that way
Then just use the free tier
First of all: there will definitely be a free tier. The only thing not final is storage and media backup.
Second: local backup will most likely still be an option.
Why do people always hate on new features? Just don't use them if you don't want to
My bad... It wasn't supposed to sound that aggressive.
And to be honest: there is no confirmation for a free tier but I strongly believe (and hope) so because most people nowadays assume everything to be free and if they see Signal not having a free backup plan everyone would go
(I mean people who don't care about privacy and only use signal because their privay-aware friends told them to)
Time to leave, then.
I'd have welcomed an interface to a cloud of my choice. But yet another cloud entity hosted somewhere outside of my reach? Meh.
No i think you misunderstood. Local backups (as we have them now) will (most likely) stay.
Yaaaay, that's the last big thing I was looking for
Wow 1TB is a lot of storage. I think my backups are ~1Gb so it might be nice to have some tiers in the middle for those on a budget. At the same time, a lot of those media files are gifs and memes 😄
I think in your (and most other) case(s) the free tier would be just fine
Yea that's the hope, I might add in a donation if that's the case
I send a lot of voice and video messages to friends and family. I think it was about 10GB when I did a transfer to a new phone last year, so I'm glad there are larger storage options.
I'm hovering at ~9GB at the moment. 🥲
Good, this is a must feature for messaging app nowadays.