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How to buy QKSMS+ without using Google Play? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Answer for future readers: Just download Quik which is a fork of QKSMS, still being maintained at the time of writing. Quik contains all the premium features of QKSMS+ but does not have a paywall and is free. The original QKSMS has been abandoned by it's dev (also at the time of writing) and the last major version released 3 yrs ago.

QKSMS is an SMS messaging app for Android which is open-source. There is also a paid upgrade called QKSMS+. I already wanted to buy it to support the devs anyway, but I now have a good reason to buy it. I need the premium version's ability to make backups of all my message history and export them to a different phone. However, when I went to purchase it from within the app; there only seems to be an option to purchase from the Google Play Store. The only places to get the app at all as far as I'm aware, is from either Google Play, F-Droid, or the Github. I personally got it from F-Droid, but there doesn't seem to be an option to purchase QKSMS+ from it... I'm pretty sure F-Droid doesn't have any purchases in it anyway.

So does anyone know how I purchase QKSMS+ without paying through Google? If the + versions source-code is not open, I can probably get it that way. But I don't know how to compile the code manually on my phone and would rather downloading it from the source be a last resort.

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[–] 0_0@sopuli.xyz 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you downloaded QKSMS on F-Droid, QKSMS+ should be enabled by default and is free. The purchase option is replaced by a link to make a paypal donation.

However, QKSMS doesn't seem be maintained anymore, so maybe you should check QUIK which is a fork of QKSMS.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks. I'll definitely download Quik. Does it have the QKSMS+ features included for free in it, and is it maintained by an original dev? Update: Yeah, I got it downloaded and the features are there. Awesome!

[–] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If it's a fork means someone else is maintaining the app. The developer abandoned QKSMS.

[–] DreitonLullaby@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

True. But I've seen apps be forked by it's own developers before. One example is Prism Launcher, which was forked from PolyMC because one of the original devs "went rogue" and revoked access from all the other devs because their political views didn't align with his political views. So he abused the power he had and just kicked them out. So the devs who were kicked out forked the program and continued it as Prism Launcher. That's how I understand the situation anyway. It's funny, because PolyMC which Prism Launcher is forked from is itself a fork of MultiMC.

So it's a valid question.

[–] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

Oh I see , but yeah is a different developer and it works great been using it for a few months now.