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signalapp / Signal-iOS

A private messenger for iOS.
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RE:Signal for iOS/iPadOS is taking up too much space even though all media is deleted #5767

Open desmond132518 opened 4 months ago

desmond132518 commented 4 months ago

I am a fan (Not sure if I will still be in the future). This is so disappointing that a critical issue was reported and no solid solution was delivered by the dev team. What we got was being ignored and ignored. Many unuseful features were delivered. I had lots of updates but still couldn't get this issue fixed.

I used Signal for several years, the storage space took up to 15GB+ of my space, which is far more than WhatsApp or any other instant messaging app. I couldn't find the large-size media files from the storage section on WhatsApp. Even though I manually removed the message of the huge file, I didn't retain my storage back. It's been a long while since 2021.

Please look into the issue below @charlesmchen-signal @michaelkirk-signal @michelle-signal @max-signal @harry-signal

4916 Signal for iOS/iPadOS is taking up too much space even though all media is deleted

joshaustintech commented 4 months ago

I have ended donations to Signal over #4916 being ignored. I really hope this gets addressed and that this app is not treated as Open Source In Name Only.

desmond132518 commented 4 months ago

@joshaustintech same here

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dfberger commented 3 weeks ago

I too have discontinued donations, and am nearing the point where I'm forced to actively encourage correspondence via WhatsApp. The inability to manage space usage is a critical bug, and it going unresolved while shallow cosmetic changes are prioritized aband shipped is a bit baffling.