I was actually perplexed, after reading about signal, that I couldn't just download an APK.
Are play services required for signal? If so, can I even install signal on a cyanogenmod phone? Can you do so by rebuilding it yourself? Does the build match the shipped binary on the play store?
To me, Signal does look exactly in the same boat as whatsapp. The fact that WhisperSystems didn't cooperate harder to ship Signal in F-Droid is also a major let-down.
Are play services required for signal? If so, can I even install signal on a cyanogenmod phone? Can you do so by rebuilding it yourself? Does the build match the shipped binary on the play store?
To me, Signal does look exactly in the same boat as whatsapp. The fact that WhisperSystems didn't cooperate harder to ship Signal in F-Droid is also a major let-down.
Is any other app sharing the same protocol?