# Tired of alternative desktop browsers, thinking of switching to Google Chrome - need advice

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/tired-of-alternative-desktop-browsers-thinking-of-switching-to-google-chrome-need-advice/28364
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2025-06-16T08:48:21Z
**Posts:** 37
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## Post 33 by @anonymous261 — 2025-06-21T15:00:33Z

> [@anon48875053](#):
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> barely anyone complains about it

[“Signal’s Terrible MobileCoin betrayal”](https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=tJoO2uWrX1M)

[“Forks of Signal Messenger (In Case It Gets Compromised, Or Just Because)”](https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=tJoO2uWrX1M)

[“We Tried Signal’s MobileCoin So You Never Have To”](https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=0DSGq9FQKU4)

[“Signal’s Crypto Payments Are A Big Mistake”](https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=n7L8DtH6ROY)

> [@Recent commits suggest Signal is preparing a paid subscription for backups](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/recent-commits-suggest-signal-is-preparing-a-paid-subscription-for-backups/28104/3):
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> Stuff like this and MobileCoin is throwing me off a bit about Signal, I know the court orders show they don’t collect much data (just Unix timestamps I believe), and that encryption happens locally, but some parts of the server being closed-source and some questionable aforementioned decisions don’t sit right with me. I have no reasonable suspicion though, and all evidence points to Signal still being a very secure and private service, so it has remained my personal choice for private messaging…

> [@Threema (Instant Messenger)](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/threema-instant-messenger/1679/29):
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> It looks like the phone doesn’t require a subscription, but the company that sells them (Apostrophy) offers privacy-focused cloud services that are subscription-based. I don’t really see the issue with this. Have we all forgotten about MobileCoin? That’s still in Signal to this day.

> [@Telegram Says It Will Provide User Data to Authorities](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/telegram-says-it-will-provide-user-data-to-authorities/21078/52):
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> Question, knowing all this, the way Signal’s servers are configured, non-reproducible etc and Signal refusing to implement Molly’s features, can we ask ourselves whether Signal is a honeypot? I see quite a few people on the internet voicing doubts and criticisms about Signal, its funding (US government), MobileCoin, non-reproducible servers and refusal to secure the application like Molly, but in the end it’s the critics who are right, isn’t it?

> [@Recommend Molly alongside Signal](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/recommend-molly-alongside-signal/17597/11):
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> Features that Molly has but Signal lacks: Uses OpenStreetMap for maps and not Google maps unlike Signal. Supports UnifiedPush for Push notifications. If you got no Play services on your phone, Molly falls back to WebSocket which is [more efficient than Signal and drains less battery power](https://xcancel.com/GrapheneOS/status/1814821600794927290#m). (Fully FOSS) Contains no proprietary blobs, unlike Signal (Molly-FOSS version). (Local encryption) Protects database with [passphrase encryption](https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/wiki/Data-Encryption-At-Rest). (Automatic locking) Locks down the app automatical…

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