Agreed. Wire had such great potential, being E2E encrypted, cross platform and based in Switzerland. I discovered it probably 4 or 5 years ago when looking for a cross-platform alternative to iMessages, after buying my 1st Android phone. It had a lot going for it back then and I moved all my family group onto it.
Unfortunately, during the intervening time, development seems to have all but stalled, with Signal, Telegram, et al overtaking Wire.
This would be bad enough on its own but was combined with an almost Steve Jobs-ian arrogance from the dev team. Their Github issues was full of requests, many dating back years, asking for really basic functionality like; font size control, support for landscape orientation, support for tablets, backup facility, etc. Most of which got a dismissive "We're not going to do that" response.
Then, when they belatedly did roll out a backup & restore function, it was barely functional and, even when it did occasionally work, could only restore on the same device it had been backed up from.
They "Coulda bin a contender" but, even with all the press coverage on alternatives to WhasApp over the past weeks, I've not seen a single mention of Wire. What a squandered opportunity!
[Incidentally. I moved all my family group over to Telegram, last year, after a Wire update lost people's messages archives, and the difference in usability and dare I say "fun" is like night and day. Even my 80-something year old mother, who's not the most tech savvy person in the world remarked how much better Telegram was]
Unfortunately, during the intervening time, development seems to have all but stalled, with Signal, Telegram, et al overtaking Wire.
This would be bad enough on its own but was combined with an almost Steve Jobs-ian arrogance from the dev team. Their Github issues was full of requests, many dating back years, asking for really basic functionality like; font size control, support for landscape orientation, support for tablets, backup facility, etc. Most of which got a dismissive "We're not going to do that" response.
Then, when they belatedly did roll out a backup & restore function, it was barely functional and, even when it did occasionally work, could only restore on the same device it had been backed up from.
They "Coulda bin a contender" but, even with all the press coverage on alternatives to WhasApp over the past weeks, I've not seen a single mention of Wire. What a squandered opportunity!
[Incidentally. I moved all my family group over to Telegram, last year, after a Wire update lost people's messages archives, and the difference in usability and dare I say "fun" is like night and day. Even my 80-something year old mother, who's not the most tech savvy person in the world remarked how much better Telegram was]