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
24 Comments
xela@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 2y
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."
testeronious@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
oh, that's very important to know
mintdaniel42@futurology.today · 2 pts · 2y
Yes you are right but the website links github commits as sources
Thorned_Rose@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y
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.?
otter@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
Pretty much yea
I'd like to have this replace messenger/WhatsApp/etc. for as many people as possible
akilou@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
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.
mp3@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
Your link is broken, here's the working link
https://signalupdateinfo.com/news/cloud-backups.html
EDIT: OP fixed it :)
mintdaniel42@futurology.today · 2 pts · 2y
I'm sorry. You are right. Does it work now?
mp3@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
It does 👌
mintdaniel42@futurology.today · 0 pts · 2y
They are exactly the same and I can open them both 🤷🏼
mp3@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
You link markdown is backward
should be
otter@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
It might be your app / front end rendering the link text correctly, while for others it doesn't work
Correct formatting:
[Text](URL)So you want:
[signalupdateinfo](https://signalupdateinfo.com/news/cloud-backups.html)mintdaniel42@futurology.today · 2 pts · 2y
Yes it seems like Thunder for some reason does it that way
helenslunch@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 2y
mintdaniel42@futurology.today · 3 pts · 2y
Then just use the free tier
helenslunch@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 2y
mintdaniel42@futurology.today · 3 pts · 2y
First of all: there will definitely be a free tier. The only thing not final is storage and media backup.
Second: local backup will most likely still be an option.
Why do people always hate on new features? Just don't use them if you don't want to
helenslunch@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 2y
mintdaniel42@futurology.today · 3 pts · 2y
My bad... It wasn't supposed to sound that aggressive.
And to be honest: there is no confirmation for a free tier but I strongly believe (and hope) so because most people nowadays assume everything to be free and if they see Signal not having a free backup plan everyone would go
(I mean people who don't care about privacy and only use signal because their privay-aware friends told them to)
otter@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
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 😄
mintdaniel42@futurology.today · 3 pts · 2y
I think in your (and most other) case(s) the free tier would be just fine
otter@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
Yea that's the hope, I might add in a donation if that's the case
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
I'm hovering at ~9GB at the moment. 🥲
Cargon@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
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.
NotJustForMe@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
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.
mintdaniel42@futurology.today · 4 pts · 2y
No i think you misunderstood. Local backups (as we have them now) will (most likely) stay.
ardi60@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2y
Good, this is a must feature for messaging app nowadays.