I've lobbied for signal, and gotten friends and family to join. Most are annoyed by the PINs and some have left.
Their handling of PINs seems quite contrary to their goal of pretty good security for the largest possible number of people.
It's VERY frustrating to have your device asking for pins every time you use it. I'm trying to protect from attackers on the internet, not someone who is going to assault me. After all if they assault me for my phone they can assault me for my pin. Single devs need to read https://xkcd.com/538/
Their handling of PINs seems quite contrary to their goal of pretty good security for the largest possible number of people.
It's VERY frustrating to have your device asking for pins every time you use it. I'm trying to protect from attackers on the internet, not someone who is going to assault me. After all if they assault me for my phone they can assault me for my pin. Single devs need to read https://xkcd.com/538/