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.
More power to you man. I can imagine how difficult it must be to give up on a regular income stream.
I find it always strange when people reply as if the person posting an article was the person who wrote it. Any particular reason why you did so?
I don’t think Daniel Gultsch actively subscribes to this community, although he does have his own Mastodon instance.
My bad lol. I read the whole article before commenting. was probably just sleepy