The stock app converts my longer texts into a URL with broken text, which is frustrating. I used to use Signal until they dropped SMS support. Any good alternatives?
Simple SMS Messenger is what I use for SMS texts
Simple SMS Messenger https://f-droid.org/packages/com.simplemobiletools.smsmessenger/
QKSMS has been great over the past year and change I’ve used it. Simple, clean and customizable. Simple SMS Messenger is another solid option as well.
As counter intuitive as this sounds, Google Messages will be the most private SMS app. It’s got a big user base so RCS usage will be pretty frequent, which means e2ee and better messaging overall. That’s more private when you compare it to other SMS apps which have zero RCS. The main fault though is that RCS needs to be supported a lot better on Android.
Why are you texting? Use some modern method like WhatsApp or Telegram
All my friends have phone numbers, none of them have WhatsApp or Telegram.
While I won’t judge OP for using SMS, if you’re looking for a better alternative, don’t use WhatsApp (owned by meta) or telegram (not really secure at all), rather use signal.
Your suggestion for what he should use instead of Signal, is Signal??
