Signal is great for normies. Not ideal since it leaks social graph and metadata to Signal servers.

I paid and installed threema but did not manage to talk to a single person.¯\_ (ツ) _/¯

My buddy and I managed to convince some of our normie friends to get on Signal. I think getting them on SimpleX would be a bridge too far at present. Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good. Any incremental steps taken toward greater privacy are worth taking.

Sorry, you mean you wasn’t able to connect using Threema ?