Daniel Gultsch (@daniel@gultsch.social)
gultsch.social
Google has just removed #Conversations_im from the Play Store because they think we are uploading the user’s contact list. We don’t.

Keep small scale open source alive. F-Droid ftw! And consider to donate to Daniel as developer of XMPP software. See also :

Here is some important context you need to understand Quicksy:

· It’s not successful at all. The user count has stagnated at just under 1,500 for years.

· It’s very expensive to run. While Quicksy doesn’t have that many users it has a good amount of registrations. Sending SMS is really expensive. There are months in which I’m paying ~100 Euro for server cost + SMS. I receive a few donations that reference Quicksy alongside Conversations but nothing close to 100 Euro / month.

  • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
    9·
    9 months ago

    Quicksy seems like a solution in search of a problem, but Conversations is awesome and this pisses me off. Fuck google. They can’t get antitrusted fast enough, and neither can fruitco. These platforms should not be kingmakers, with app developers living or dying by their hand. It’s not like the play store even conveys any of the purported benefits of a walled garden, like safety from malware.

    • lemmyreader@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      Yes, Conversations is an amazing app and maybe helped to get OMEMO to be used by more users. I’ve donated to Daniel before and plan to do so again. And I’ll continue to help others to de-google