Signal is the world’s most widely used truly private messaging app, and our cryptographic technologies provide extra layers of privacy beyond the Signal app itself. Since launching in 2013, the Signal Protocol—our end-to-end encryption technology—has become the de facto standard for private commu...

We estimate that by 2025, Signal will require approximately $50 million dollars a year to operate—and this is very lean compared to other popular messaging apps that don’t respect your privacy.

  • @amki@feddit.de
    8•1 year ago

    The load distributes across more shoulders automatically.

    If you only host a server for yourself and 10 friends it costs next to nothing, if you have a big operation it can get just as expensive, it depends on what you are willing to do.

    With centralized systems there is no choice but for the one centralized host to host everything.

    • visnudeva
      5•1 year ago

      Then is it better to use element over signal as decentralised apps may be more sustainable for long term use ?