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.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.net
    1·
    6 months ago

    All the other Conversation based messengers where hit with a removal on the same (wrong) accusation as well weeks/months ago.

    I think only Cheogram managed to appeal it so far and Monocles is still fighting the bureocracy.

    P.s.: use F-Droid and convince friends and family to use it as well. The Playstore is a maleware distribution channel with abusive corporate rent extraction.