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Session is shutting down in 90 days if STF fails to reach its funding goals. (getsession.org)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by TacticalToothbrush@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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We had hoped this day would never come, but Session has now entered its final 90 days of operation. If we are unable to reach our funding goal within this period, the Session Technology Foundation (STF) will be forced to shut down.

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.

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[–] amzd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Where did you get to that 60 cents number? They mention they need 65k for 90 days of critical infrastructure so I calculate:

65000 / 90 * 365 = 263611,11 euro per year for critical infrastructure

263611,11 / 1700000 claimed users = 0,155 euro per user per year

15,5 cents per user per year is still huge though, compared to delta chat's 0,1 cent per user per year. (which should be comparable since they are both encrypted decentralized messengers)

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They say 1M per year, read the article

[–] amzd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Ah the donation goal, good point