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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 06/10/2026

The Fair Tech Summit is coming to an end. Shortly before closing, I gave a quick, two-minute lightning talk on Conversations. #FairTech #Conversations_im #XMPP #Jabber

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 06/10/2026

Mastodon, Element and Conversations on the same slide? What is this, a crossover episode? super-stack.eu #Mastodon #Element #Matrix #XMPP #Conversations_im #Jabber #SuperStack

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 03/10/2026

We've just finished setting up our XMPP stand at LinuxDays (@linuxdays) in Prague. If you are in the area make sure to visit us. We are here all day today and tomorrow (Sunday). We have stickers and buttons! #XMPP #Jabber #LinuxDays #LinuxDaysCZ

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 25/09/2026

F-Droid (@fdroidorg) is usually pretty quick with publishing updates these days, and both of my apps are built reproducibly—which means they are signed with my personal key. If you want an even more direct line to my apps, you can use my personal F-Droid […] [Original post on gultsch.social]

A screenshot of the "Add repostiroy" screen in F-Droid. The name of the repository is simply "Daniel Gultsch". It says it includes two app. Conversations and Ltt.rs

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 24/09/2026

„Klickwege die keinen Sinn ergeben“, @ueckueck hält nicht viel von Instagram. Unser komplettes Gespräch über die Alternativen zu Instagram, Twitter und Co findet ihr hier: gultsch.video/w/kqhyU8g3ToUYYuKT3t7… Oder für den Nachhauseweg in der […] [Original post on gultsch.social]

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 16/09/2026

This is unacceptable. The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week. I understand that the pipeline is clogged with AI slop, but #Google needs to prioritize #Android apps that have been around for 12+ years and push updates only once a month.

A screenshot of the Google Play Console showing that #Conversations_im has been submitted on September 9, a week ago at the time of posting, and is still pending review.

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 13/09/2026

Currently doing research for another blog post, and I noticed that WhatsApp and Signal only gained the ability to edit messages in 2023, whereas Conversations has had it since 2016. To this day, both WhatsApp and Signal lack crucial features that […] [Original post on gultsch.social]

A screenshot of a chat in the Android App 'Conversations' showing that it is currently 03:16 in the morning for a contact.

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 04/09/2026

I'm getting out the good streaming setup for today's 29th XMPP Summit. ☺️

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 18/07/2026

Google is now buying access to source code repositories to train their LLMs. This puts the value of the code they previously stole from the open-source community into a whole new perspective.

Google Partnership Opportunity:

Hello Daniel,
We are reaching out on behalf of the Google Partnerships team with an
invitation for a select group of Google Play app developers to join a
confidential content offer pilot.
We'd like to offer a unique opportunity to generate additional revenue
from your apps. You've put a lot of hard work into building your app and
growing its user base. Whether it’s the active production codebase
powering your current app, or archives of prototypes and side projects no
longer in use, that code could have untapped value.
The Opportunity:
We are looking for high-quality, real-world codebases to help improve
Google's developer tools and products. Here is what this program offers
you:

- Additional revenue opportunities: Get paid for delivering the
code powering your apps, as well as your archived projects.

- Be an early adopter: As a pilot partner, you will shape how
Google partners with the developer community moving forward.

+ Drive impact: We've found real-world code to be useful to our
product and service development across a wide variety of use
cases, from understanding complex logic to developing coding
evals and benchmarks. Your production tested code can directly
help.

+ Retain control: This is non-exclusive. You keep 100% of your IP,
your app remains entirely yours, and you retain the right to
monetize your data anywhere else.

You can learn more about Google's approach to partnerships in our blog
post.

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 15/05/2026

#Conversations_im 2.20.0 has been tagged with some significant UI work. • The main screen now features prominent access to search and can suggest contacts to you for quick navigation • The media attachment flow has been reworked and is now closer to the input […] [Original post on gultsch.social]

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 28/03/2026

We are at Chemnitzer Linux Tage with a stand for #XMPP and #UnifiedPush. Come find us and talk to us or grab some stickers or Haribo. #CLT2026 #Jabber

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 15/03/2026

Something @larma and I have been working on during the #IETF125 Hackathon in Shenzhen: Dino (@dino) and #Conversations_im can now give you a little warning if it's currently the middle of the night for the contact you are chatting with. #XMPP #Jabber

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 11/03/2026

I recently added a display to #Conversations_im showing the number of stanzas (XMPP packets) sent/received in the current session. What are your counts and how long has your session been active? (Account Details -> 'Server info' in the overflow menu.) #XMPP #Jabber

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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 07/03/2026

We will have a combined #XMPP and #UnifiedPush stand at #CLT2026 on March 28th and 29th. Come talk to us if you are curious about either! We will have merch for both, test devices, lots of advice, and I've even heard rumors about free Haribo. XMPP Standards […] [Original post on gultsch.social]

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