I do not find the glide typing option

Maybe you could join my “family”. I am currently using it with 4 friends. It would be less than 4 euros per person per month

I fear that this UI looks to “old” for my colleges to even try it

Does it also offer features to pin important files/messages?

I also think that using the phone number to find friends, as done by signal, is really important for mainstream adoption.

I don’t understand why I privacy respecting app would use discord for their community. I subscribed to their mailing list and look forward to any updates.

Please use Signal. It is a great alternative!