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Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free
Developer Daniel Gultsch explains why Conversations, the popular open-source XMPP chat app for Android, is now free and moving away from Google Play. The post describes his decision to stop distributing the app through the Google Play Store, reflecting long-standing frustrations with platform rules and fees. Readers on Hacker News are discussing the trade-offs of leaving Google's distribution channel, app-store policies, and what this means for independent and open-source Android development.
Why now: A widely read developer blog post announcing that a well-known open-source messaging app is now free and departing Google Play sparked discussion on Hacker News.
ConversationsDaniel GultschGoogle PlayXMPPAndroid
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