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- Signal has announced that you can now make monthly donations via the app.
- This donation also gives subscribers a badge that’s displayed on their profile.
- Subscriptions will automatically stop if you haven’t used the app that month.
Signal has seen impressive growth in 2021 following WhatsApp’s controversial privacy policy announcements in January. The app promises to be the most secure and privacy-focused messaging platform around, but it isn’t backed by a huge corporation and doesn’t run advertising or sell data.
Now, the Signal Foundation has announced a way for users to give back to the messaging app. The team revealed that users can now become so-called Signal Sustainers by donating a monthly fee to Signal.