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The calendar app uses the internal Android calendar service, which can be synced via Davx. I sync mine with NextCloud.
In that case why don't you sync your calendar with Nextcloud directly using CalDav? I use DavX5 for this and it works great, actually i think DecSync is a fork of DavX5.
I love these apps, they are great. I donated to the developer and really recommend doing the same.
Me too, they've been updating and maintaining this wide array of apps for longer than I've consciously sought open-source. It's a shame they've discontinued Open Camera, but their suite is still very impressive, and they likely work under the same thankless conditions as any developer of free apps. Lead Dev has a Patreon, and if you use a few of their apps, and appreciate their continued existence, it could be worth…
I am a heavy user of f-droid and avoid these 'Simple' apps. The high level of nag is not just annoying but borders on begging. Having pro versions where you can change colors defeats the idea of open source. I hate bringing the negative energy, but there is a treasure of apps available with f-droid other than these. I am glad they have their own website and wish they just went and did their own thing there.
The app developer did that.
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Alas, neither my grocery store nor does my landlord care about nice feels. Hence I do HTTP 402 Pay me.
I agree, you don't owe me anything. You don't have to share your code for free. My point is that if you want to make money for your code, either get a job writing software or create a business around the software you wrote. I think open source should be created by people not trying to make money from it. I understand that not everyone feels this way, and I sometimes agree with the arguments. However, my overall feeli…
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... This is obviously not about the money. Everyone here can easily afford to buy the pro version off the Play Store. The issue is about them pushing people to pay by removing features AFTER they already invested their time, data, and habit into the app.
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Bad faith practices / dark patterns are obnoxious, period.
These apps present themselves as free and make a point of putting this message front and center. Then nag you incessantly and quietly remove feature to push people to upgrade.
This is dishonest, counterproductive and simply lead to bad reviews and the apps being uninstalled.
The marketing is obviously an attempt to leverage the good faith around OSS and then does a full 180.
It's a con / scam and an ineffective one.
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> Having pro versions where you can change colors defeats the idea of open source Do you have any other ways the developer can make a living? AFAIK the pro features (excluding the closed source 3rd party SDKs) are all open source. You can build them on your own or download it off F-Droid.
I'm seriously surprised by the number of people here not understanding what free software / open source means. The tag line is literally "free as in freedom, not as in beer". How is it possible to miss this?
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It's obviously not that. The snark isn't appropriate here. Bad faith practices / dark patterns are obnoxious, period. These apps present themselves as free and make a point of putting this message front and center. Then nag you incessantly and quietly remove feature to push people to upgrade. This is dishonest, counterproductive and simply lead to bad reviews and the apps being uninstalled. The marketing is obviously…
The level of entitlement here is staggering: source is available. Go modify it yourself and build it yourself. Oh, right, you don't want to because it is below your pay rate but you want others to do it for free.
I am a heavy user of f-droid and avoid these 'Simple' apps. The high level of nag is not just annoying but borders on begging. Having pro versions where you can change colors defeats the idea of open source. I hate bringing the negative energy, but there is a treasure of apps available with f-droid other than these. I am glad they have their own website and wish they just went and did their own thing there.
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> Yes, if its Open Source it should be free of charge. Nope. > Open Source means something, not just that the source code is available. That the source is openly licensed. Providing paid version is a different thing.
Read the manual "there must be a well-publicized means of obtaining the source code for no more than a reasonable _reproduction_ cost, preferably downloading via the Internet without charge" The software itself MUST be free, and the _reproduction_ costs reasonable. You cannot add clauses that make me pay money or restrict my use. It must be free as in beer to use and redistribute either modified or in its original fo…
Or get the source code for free, and build it yourself.
What's the problem? Pay for convenience.
I am a heavy user of f-droid and avoid these 'Simple' apps. The high level of nag is not just annoying but borders on begging. Having pro versions where you can change colors defeats the idea of open source. I hate bringing the negative energy, but there is a treasure of apps available with f-droid other than these. I am glad they have their own website and wish they just went and did their own thing there.
> Having pro versions where you can change colors defeats the idea of open source Do you have any other ways the developer can make a living? AFAIK the pro features (excluding the closed source 3rd party SDKs) are all open source. You can build them on your own or download it off F-Droid.
Yes. Sell commercial software or If the developer cares about open source then charge for support. Its a disservice IMO to make the user install for free and then ask them money to use other features wasting users time. There is a incentive to make worst product in the free version which goes against the principle of opensource.