I'm surprised at how much backlash there is to this.
I've had Signal since shortly after it renamed itself from TextSecure to Signal, and I never bothered using it as the default SMS/Messaging app, because back then it was a bad SMS app. It felt like it paled in comparison to what the default Android Messages app could do. I didn't want to get the false impression, either, that my chats were encrypted when they really weren't, just because they shows up in Signal.
So I kept the two separate. I assumed pretty much everyone else did the same. And yeah, there's the occasional oddity when someone texts me over SMS instead of using Signal when I know for a fact that they have both, but most of the people doing it are using iPhones, so I have to assume it's the same experience for them as well.
What's weird is that in the numerous Matrix vs Signal comments that populate Signal and Matrix submissions you rarely find SMS support as an Signal advantage over Element/Matrix.
Most people I know didn't like Signal taking over the SMS when they accidentally opted in.
I've had Signal since shortly after it renamed itself from TextSecure to Signal, and I never bothered using it as the default SMS/Messaging app, because back then it was a bad SMS app. It felt like it paled in comparison to what the default Android Messages app could do. I didn't want to get the false impression, either, that my chats were encrypted when they really weren't, just because they shows up in Signal.
So I kept the two separate. I assumed pretty much everyone else did the same. And yeah, there's the occasional oddity when someone texts me over SMS instead of using Signal when I know for a fact that they have both, but most of the people doing it are using iPhones, so I have to assume it's the same experience for them as well.