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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This REALLY sucks and I have like 10 of these apps on my phone right now because I get everything from F-Droid on my otherwise standard android phone.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

F-Droid probably won't accept any builds with adware/tracking in them, so probably we'll just stay on an old version until a fork or alternative comes along. There's also a toggle on my preferred F-Droid manager app (droid-ify) to ignore new versions

[–] tabular 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it's open source F-Droid will permit it but warns you of anti-features, at least on first install. I'm not expecting an update now but if they do I can see if F-Droid warns me about the spyware and adverts.

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

Well, the F-Droid team may in theory permit it, but it's also the F-Droid team that has to actively build and distribute the new version. If they don't feel like distributing a newer version, they can absolutely do that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I went through and disabled auto updates for them (through fdroid) just in case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

If I got a dollar every time the gallery app I like got sold to a shitty ad company, I would have two dollars. Which isn't much, but fuck Cheetah Mobile and ZipoApps.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jesus fucking Christ, there's no such thing as a trustworthy android developer at this point

[–] danielfgom 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

He probably wasn't making enough money to keep it going. Especially since few were donating I'm guessing. And even the tip amount was ltd then €1. That's too low.

This way he gets some money for all his hard work. But it's crap for everyone else.

I find his apps too simple and the dialer had a bug where if you get a call and accidently swipe away the notification, the phone would ring with no way to answer it.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

The problem is that the dude started out claiming it was a project for his own satisfaction. Then he tried to monetize later, and now wants to cash out.

Which is fine, that's the way the world works. But the number of developers that make one claim or another and then change their tune later is absurd. It isn't even about the money aspect, it's that the dude switched gears rather than making a realistic plan from the beginning.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Simpler forks

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] brenticus 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shit. I used to use most of these apps when my life was more degoogled, but even now I like the gallery a hell of a lot more than other options I've found. Guess it's an opportunity to see what else is out there.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Goddammit I like those apps.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sad to see them go, I use their apps every day. Probably they don't really need any updates for a long time, hopefully an open source fork will emerge until then.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Installing from F-Droid prevents sales like this from causing silent "upgrades" to advertising-infested versions.

@kpw

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

Great, I did get them from F-Droid.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Any good substites on FDroid? Specifically SMS and file manager?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Qksms for messaging. Material Files for file management.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

that sucks but glad there seems to be forks happening

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I need a FOSS calendar app recommendation pls too now

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Just disabled auto updates. Bookmarked the forked project to check out later.