Signal is getting Cloud Backups
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
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.
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.
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
[https://signalupdateinfo.com/news/cloud-backups.html](SignalUpdateInfo)should be
[SignalUpdateInfo](https://signalupdateinfo.com/news/cloud-backups.html)
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 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 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'm hovering at ~9GB at the moment. 🥲
Good, this is a must feature for messaging app nowadays.