Google has just removed #Conversations_im from the Play Store (gultsch.social)

submitted 9 months ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[-] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Exactly. Without these paid apps on Google Play Daniel will not be able to continue development.