No need to apologise.
We wrote in our post (https://simplex.chat/blog/20240314-simplex-chat-v5-6-quantum-resistance-signal-double-ratchet-algorithm.html#adding-quantum-resistance-to-signal-double-ratchet-algorithm):
So, to say it provocatively, post-quantum cryptography can be compared with a remedy against the illness that nobody has, without any guarantee that it will work. While there is a reasonable hope that it might work, so it's not exactly a snake oil, these limitations and risks have to be much better communicated to the end users than they are.
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