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Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

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Re: Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

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Post by hans_castorp »

globular-toast wrote: post #12
encom wrote: post #10

Was recommended the calendar app by a colleague recently, after I complained about how crap the FastMail app is. So far I like it a lot. Does exactly what I need, and nothing more. Together with FairEmail, I can finally purge FastMail from my phone. (I like FastMail as a mail host, just not their app)

Another calendar app, developed in 2025, that uses the ridiculous and antiquated "month" view.

If you don't like the monthly view, choose one of the other views.

I actually like the Monthly + Daily.

Re: Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

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Post by porridgeraisin »

WillAdams wrote: post #27
tigrezno wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Me too, but I hate having the useless Thank You app installed

My phone came w/ a folder for apps from my service provider and I've been adding to it any apps which I don't interact with regularly (since I've been able to keep my apps down to a single screen so I don't have to scroll).

Yep, I had a crap folder for apps too. Until I switched to using T-UI as my launcher. Now I can only ever launch the apps I remember in my head since I need to type it out.

Re: Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

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Post by basemi »

globular-toast wrote: post #12
encom wrote: post #10

Was recommended the calendar app by a colleague recently, after I complained about how crap the FastMail app is. So far I like it a lot. Does exactly what I need, and nothing more. Together with FairEmail, I can finally purge FastMail from my phone. (I like FastMail as a mail host, just not their app)

Another calendar app, developed in 2025, that uses the ridiculous and antiquated "month" view.

"Month view" is useful when I need a wide view on a specific month.

Re: Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

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Post by anty »

degif wrote: post #20

Genuine question – do Android people get ads in their OS default camera, calculator, calendar, phone, file-manager or SMS messaging applications? Or do have these Fossify application some extra privacy features that do not come with the default ones?

I don't see any ads on the mentioned apps on my Pixel phone.

I do have ads in the Play Store app and in the Gmail app, though.

Re: Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

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Post by coldtea »

globular-toast wrote: post #12
encom wrote: post #10

Was recommended the calendar app by a colleague recently, after I complained about how crap the FastMail app is. So far I like it a lot. Does exactly what I need, and nothing more. Together with FairEmail, I can finally purge FastMail from my phone. (I like FastMail as a mail host, just not their app)

Another calendar app, developed in 2025, that uses the ridiculous and antiquated "month" view.

"antiquated" or "ridiculous" sounds like, err, your opinion, man.

Many people prefer the month view.

Re: Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

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Post by kotaKat »

degif wrote: post #20

Genuine question – do Android people get ads in their OS default camera, calculator, calendar, phone, file-manager or SMS messaging applications? Or do have these Fossify application some extra privacy features that do not come with the default ones?

The default phone and SMS messaging application on all Tier 1 Android OEMs is required to be Google Phone and Google Messages. Also as such, Google stopped maintaining AOSP Dialer and AOSP Messages.

Re: Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

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Post by glenstein »

floppyd wrote: post #28

What's strangely missing from the list of FOSS android apps is a simple "pixel-like" launcher. I have some old devices that I use for small tasks, and I'd love to install the very basic launcher on them, basically the only thing I need is a paginated grid on the desktop, a scrollable list of apps in the main app menu, and a swipe up gesture to bring this menu. I checked a lot of launchers some time ago, and all of th…

There is a Fossify Launcher beta on F-Droid.

Re: Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

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Post by interloxia »

anty wrote: post #35
degif wrote: post #20

Genuine question – do Android people get ads in their OS default camera, calculator, calendar, phone, file-manager or SMS messaging applications? Or do have these Fossify application some extra privacy features that do not come with the default ones?

I don't see any ads on the mentioned apps on my Pixel phone. I do have ads in the Play Store app and in the Gmail app, though.

Google photos these days on my pixel constantly has various prompts to turn on their backup service.

It is so intrusive it might as well count as an ad.

Fortunately Aves is pretty good.

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