KDE Connect removed from Google Play store for violating new policy on SMS

Post by derefr » Tue, Mar 19, 2019, 8:44 PM UTC

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True that. It's the blessing and curse of app stores. On iOS everyone complains there's only one App Store. On Android everyone complains the vendors and networks keep pre-loading their multifarious crappy app stores. People, eh?

Maybe the problem is the tight coupling. An app store is really many things. It's client software for installing apps, it's a service for verifying apps, it's a hosting service for apps, it's a payment processor. If you want to replace any piece of it you currently have to replace the whole thing, and do so all at once. Even if you create a good alternative app store, it has few apps in it, which matters if it's a se…

Post by piedar » Tue, Mar 19, 2019, 9:19 PM UTC

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jraph wrote: post #75

So KDE Connect (with all features) joins NewPipe, AdAway and other amazing Android applications that are on F-Droid and not on Google Play.

Any other great apps on F-Droid? I'm using all of the above except AdAway and: - Orgzly: Org-mode brought to your phone. I use it for capturing TODOs and push notifications for reminders. - Revolution IRC: IRC Client - Syncthing: Syncs files between my computer and phone. Mostly used for .org files - Goodtime: Pomodoro technique time-management - Loop Habit Tracker: Track habits (reading, exercise, etc.) - Slide for…

Post by jraph » Tue, Mar 19, 2019, 9:59 PM UTC

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Wow, this is an amazing list! Thank you for taking the time to compile it. I'll be trying a number of these out.

There's some apps on this list which are in the regular Google Play store. OsmAnd and Google Sky Maps are ones I use from the Play store.

Post by kop316 » Tue, Mar 19, 2019, 10:16 PM UTC

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The release was pushed from Summer 2019 to Fall 2019. I was in the same boat as the grandparent. I ended up getting a cheap phone that I could put lineageOS on, I installed F-Droid, and I didn't install any of Googles Apps. Its working out very well actually.

If you need another cheap phone I can heartily recommend the Nokia 6.1 at 199.99 it was an absolute bargain. I know HMD isn't the original Nokia (though it has a lot of the management) but it's an excellent phone and with AndroidOne you get security updates immediately which was a big thing I wanted after Moto-G's

Post by qwerty456127 » Tue, Mar 19, 2019, 11:07 PM UTC

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Ech at least on android you can easily install apps outside of google play. _I_ find it scary to make business with as you can be pretty much _snapped_ out of existance in a single decision.

I don't really follow the argument. If you are a commercial company, the Play store is pretty much all that matters in terms of business viability. At a commercial level, the fact a few geeks can side-load apps is next to irrelevant. Who builds a business on side-loaded apps?