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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free

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Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free

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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Conversations, my federated instant messaging client for Android, started out as many traditional open-source projects do: as an attempt to scratch my own itch. Development started in January 2014 in my student dormitory, and within weeks I started dogfooding and using the client as the primary means of communicating with my friends. However, when it came to releasing the app to the public on March 24, 2014—exactly twelve and a half years ago today—it was immediately clear to me that I would at least try to turn my open-source project into a business. While I didn’t invent the business model of making the source code publicly available but charging for the convenience of a compiled binary, it was certainly unusual in 2014.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1426843/breaking-up-with-google-play-why-conversations-is-now-free

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    I got it from Fdroid I didn’t even realize it was on play 🤣 but that’s pretty great

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    That last paragraph hits hard lol nice write-up!

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    Glad to see they’re doing well. It’s a solid client and I’ve used if for years via fdroid.

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