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Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free

After ten years of paid distribution, the developer of federated XMPP client Conversations has made the app free on Google Play, citing poor support, delayed updates, and secure grant funding through 2029.

💬 Several users criticize Google's terrible developer support, while others note the Play Store successfully funded the project for years.
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Daniel Gultsch Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free 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…
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