Posts by daniel@gultsch.social
 (DIR) Post #B30SKXwxCBZ9bcZEI4 by daniel@gultsch.social
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       The firebase-messaging library is supposed to provide developers with push notification capabilities. However, it includes many dependencies that add unwanted features like analytics and other "calling home" behaviors.The recent vulnerability in Signal¹ reminded me to finally do something I've been planning for a while: removing that library and interfacing with Play Services directly.https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/commit/1abb22b542343642aacb4f7bd82f0bb2bc380ea41: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/14556
       
 (DIR) Post #B45PxzACfRjx1uC5Zo by daniel@gultsch.social
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       If you are concerned about ntfy.sh recently turning into AI-slopware, you can replace both the #UnifiedPush Distributor and the curl-based status messaging with XMPP. You can keep your existing XMPP account and simply replace ntfy's functionality with a self-hosted Prosody instance.https://gist.github.com/iNPUTmice/4f58f15d9a8d2d09cfc586074184decb
       
 (DIR) Post #B48vTaxpr8abIQqEBU by daniel@gultsch.social
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       They deliberately engineered social media to be addictive to sell more ads. It’s pointless to talk about the symptoms while ignoring the underlying cause: a deeply flawed economic system that relies on you buying more shit than you need.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4Xha6sVZW1pbhYmvo by daniel@gultsch.social
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       Due to the recent popularity of #Conversations_im, I've already earned more than enough money this month and have decided to make the app free this week. Use this opportunity to onboard friends who might otherwise have a hard time paying for the apphttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations
       
 (DIR) Post #B4iyRzRLB8euBH7rFI by daniel@gultsch.social
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       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
       
 (DIR) Post #B5VnRk6ebtoLsGAKhM by daniel@gultsch.social
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       RE: https://fosstodon.org/@gajim/116433575527221800The #XMPP community operates on the principle that good ideas will prevail. Showing a warning when it’s nighttime for a contact has had three independent implementations in a little over a month.We don’t need CEOs. We don’t need kings. #ThatsXMPPRT: https://fosstodon.org/users/gajim/statuses/116433575527221800
       
 (DIR) Post #B5uiZVBoJQj56lSM6a by daniel@gultsch.social
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       It's Digital Independence Day again and #Conversations_im, the best Jabber/XMPP client for Android, is currently available for free on Google Play.Enjoy true independence with independent messaging. No central server. No venture capital. No 'non profits' with centralized decision-making.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations#XMPP #Jabber #IndieMessaging #DIDit
       
 (DIR) Post #B5umIZGQJIfsddnKF6 by daniel@gultsch.social
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       A quick reminder that nonprofit simply means an organization has found a creative way to avoid taxes. By itself, it doesn’t tell you anything about the ethics of said organization.#Signal #DigitalIndependenceDay
       
 (DIR) Post #B6Bp3oIPk3GKSvhPai by daniel@gultsch.social
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       At this point, the Google Play app review process has become a security liability. I have had an app update for #Conversations_im in the review queue since April 28th. Previously, app updates have been rejected for stupid, hallucinated reasons; this time, we are just being ignored entirely. The release is not shipping any security fixes, but imagine if it did.#XMPP
       
 (DIR) Post #B6MaNZkUAzcoZAM67c by daniel@gultsch.social
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       #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 field.• The tablet layout has been improved and the title bar is now split into two.#XMPP #Jabber #Android
       
 (DIR) Post #B6XTRgYaFBxJtnMO7k by daniel@gultsch.social
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       #Conversations_im is currently in the Top 50 most download apps on @fdroidorg.In the messaging category it ranks fairly close to #Element X and has almost 3x the downloads of #DeltaChat. Just to give you a perspective on loudness on social media vs reality.https://grote.gitlab.io/fdroid-metrics-distilled/#messaging#XMPP #Jabber #FDroid
       
 (DIR) Post #B6cpDr1dh7ql5vYnNA by daniel@gultsch.social
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       What #Conversations_im did was prove that the technology works. When #Matrix reinvented the wheel as an eventually consistent graph database with a JSON API, they didn't do it because #XMPP didn't work. They did it because their investors were seeking control over the entire stack.