nebby

And after profusely spitting on it, what do you suggest to replace it with?

Clickbait.
you claimed that he didn’t provide alternatives to signal which is just incorrect, he has given lots of alternatives and even made a comparison video of them. How is this video critical of signal clickbait? The points he made in the video are valid, they didn’t have to make it so that you have to install google play services and pay through google in order to sign up without a phone number but for whatever reason they did. This makes it unusable for anyone that needs anonymity, journalists, activists etc.

And no, my family and friends are not moving to Matrix. Getting them all on Signal was already a nightmare. I’m not going to explain homeservers and Matrix IDs to my relatives.

Its up to individuals whither or not they care if your family doesn’t want to use Matrix for whatever reason (you don’t have to explain how it works just install it on their phones (I’d recommend fluffychat or [nvm just realized syphon is dead] SchildiChat )) and even if they don’t want to you can bridge WhatsApp, and most other apps, to matrix.

Have you got any evidence for that claim?

Theres Briar, Cwtch, Matrix you clearly never watched his comparison video

They require you to have google play services installed and to pay through google play. There is no reason for this other than to collect data.