They are missing an additional factor which is - who is running it, and how are they incentivized. This is really the reason I trust signal more than the alternatives, over and above any technical details.

Basically I want the ship to be steered by someone who is maximally inoculated against selling out. Spending a decade of your life publicly railing against capitalism and sellouts, building a big community of active crusty friends who will call you out for turning evil, that’s valuable. It’s not perfect but I believe that it works better than various alternatives

moxies “bad business models create evil companies” thing resonates a lot also