I want to add this here...very recently, my family was looking for a new chatting app to use (I tried to get them to use Slack, but they found it a bit too complicated). I really really wanted to use Signal (even with it not having a bots API), but the fact that you need a phone number to sign up is a no-go.<p>My question is..why do you need a phone number (which imo is way more personal, than say an email?). Being security focused...would it not make sense to have as much less info on the person as possible?<p>We have settled on kik for now. (although call support is lacking, i feel like it'll be added eventually)