@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... yeah, I just ran into this actually. Told a friend that I'm using Conversations on Android. Then they tell me it's $7 on the play store. I was blindsided by that because I installed it from F-Droid, where it's free.

Installing F-Droid or paying the play store tax is high barrier of entry for non-technical folks to experiment with the tech.

Which is something I say with mixed feelings, because open source developers absolutely deserve to be compensated.