The "Simple" app collection the FOSS community loves did the same thing with their play store version calendar, which is why I dislike them. Their FDroid versions may not do this, but like... comes off the wrong way.

[–] milady 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Isn't calendar info stored in android itself ? 🤨

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not the claim made by a ton of reviews on Simple's play store calendar listing

[–] milady 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think I'd rather believe official documented android behavior.

I can access my calendars from any app on android... maybe they couldn't access it from the app, that I can believe ; but then that's not at all like "pay us or lose your photos".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've tried simple calendar you can't it's clearly not using the android calendar system but it's own one stored in the apps data so it doesn't share to other apps

[–] milady 1 points 1 year ago

I'm using it as my main calendar app, all my events are accessible from other apps.

At the bottom of the "add event" menu, you have the option of choosing where it's stored ("event types" in the settings, rather confusingly). I guess that choosing "locally" could prevent other apps from seeing the event, maybe, but I don't use that option because I sync my calendars.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes-ish. You can absolutely create 'local' calendars within Simple Calendar only it can access. At least I think I achieved this.
Source: me

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All Play Store releases of Simple are paid.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

They weren't in the past, and the transition was problematic