Session Messenger is looking more and more like a rug pull?

#SessionMessenger suddenly doesn't have money to continue operating, pleads for donos with zero info about goals.

No transparency at all. Just "please dono".

Maybe a month later, SM suddenly needs $1 Million "for infrastructure", for a decentralized platform?!?

No explanation about how money is spent, where's the $380k from a few months ago? No info, just please dono.

While questions about spending are met with complete silence.

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is lovingly handcrafted without AI:

* we take a hard look in/at the mirrors
* #Lichess is gone, long live #Lichess
* #SessionMessenger on its last 90 days
* Butterfly app Easter update
* #NewsBlur uses #AI to put AI in your news about AI feeds
+ 16 new apps
& 184 updates

— — — — — https://f-droid.org/2026/04/09/twif.html

Ėiškuojau šeimā sosėrašèniejėma pruogramėkės. Nuoriejau ėšlaikītė  ekosistema, ale  Talk pruogramėkė nuor Gūglės (???). Kažkāp tumet ožkabėna Session, bet... dabā Simplex vėsė toràm. Bet anėi amerėkuonā, ta apėntās kažkuoks nàtėkroms

Tl;dr; as #nextcloud talk depends on Google migrated to #sessionmessenger . But it is closing. Moved with all family to #simplexchat

Session the messenger might shut down soon:

To date, the STF has received approximately $65,000 in donations. This is enough to maintain critical Session infrastructure for the next 90 days. We are extremely grateful for the support Session has received from the community, but unfortunately this is not sufficient to retain full-time developers. As a result, all paid staff and developers will have their final working day on April 9, 2026. After this date, some team members will continue on a primarily volunteer basis to help maintain Session until July 8, 2026.

https://getsession.org/donate

This is not a call to action; but I want people to see it, to decide themselve, if and what to do.

#GetSession #SessionMessenger #FOSS #FLOSS #dataprotection #cybersecurity #privacy

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* Basic 2.0-alpha5 with faster UI feedback (no need for Developer mode)
* #keyboard in the news
* #aTalk brings #OMEMO 2 to #XMPP on #Android
* #Briar keeps Tor secure (no tricks)
* #CastLab w/ #FCast and more (no need to restart)
* #K9Mail #Thunderbird w/ avatars (after 7 days too)
* #LabCoat #Gitlab login
* #SessionMessenger help funding
+ 15 new apps
& 212 updates

You can read now: https://f-droid.org/2026/03/19/twif.html

One should not have to wait 24h for #FLOSS apps!

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* website maintenance w/ #reproduciblebuild info
* #FSFE @llas on #EU #DMA vs #FLOSS
* #Dib2qm depreciated, jump ship now
* #Jami talks about #FLOSS importance
* #NWS weather widget broken
* #SessionMessenger protocol v2 #PFS #PQC
+ 10 new apps
& 214 updates
- 2 apps archived

Check yo' signer: https://f-droid.org/2025/12/05/twif.html

Meet Session, The Signal Rival for Private Messaging! - Kee Jefferys Interview

https://techlore.tv/w/qDbdXsQHUmy39kwwHtKA87