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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 __rito__ »

chrismorgan wrote: post #85
__rito__ wrote: post #44

After my smartphone vendor's SMS app, and Google Messages both started serving me non-stop loans ads and gambling ads (never gambled ever in my life), I switched to Fossify Messages, and it has been going great for me. Never looked back.

And the whole lot bypasses your actual telco, so when you’re on your nation’s do-not-call register, you can’t even file a proper complaint, there isn’t even a number to report. There is a solution even without changing app: disable RCS. Everything real is fine with SMS, so ads are the only casualty. I wonder if this stupidity helps kill the already-struggling RCS.

Only things I use SMS for are purely utility: OTP, CC spend notice, bill payment, insurance premium, etc.

Only time I need SMS, i.e. when a family member or a friend travels to a remote area, internet, and hence, RCS don't work anyway. So, I had to switch to good old SMS. Since I deleted all RCS stuff, I use Signal/WApp/Telegram 99.99% of the times, and good old SMS for the rest of the situations.

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

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Post by em-bee »

globular-toast wrote: post #67
encom wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like the month view. This is for my personal calendar, and I'm not so busy that I need a narrower view. Month view is nice for seeing what's coming up in the near future. However, you can set the calendar to whatever view you want.

You can't see what's coming up in the future if it's the last week of the month. But, hey, you can see three weeks into the past! So useful.

you should have led with that. do you know any FOSS calendar app for android that shows 4 weeks into the future?

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

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Post by extraduder_ire »

agile-gift0262 wrote: post #9
kej wrote: post #3

To save the next person a few clicks, these are Android apps forked from the Simple Mobile Tools collection when that was sold to ZipoApps.

I used to use many apps from Simple Mobile Tools and migrated to Fossify's forks when the whole acquisition thing happened. I just went back to check the Simple Mobile Tools to see the effect form ZipooApps' acquisition [1]. What a calamity. Most of them require way more permissions than they used to before the purchase, have trackers, ads and scam-feeling weekly subscriptions. Also probably in breach of the GPL lice…

Was there any setup required after switching to the forked version? There's a lot of settings I've tweaked in the SMT apps over time, and I'm sure I'd miss some if I migrated over.

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

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Post by extraduder_ire »

reify wrote: post #2

I use quite a few of the fossify apps. love the calculator. with length, area, volume, mass, temperature and time calculations. the gallery app. I like the renaming and proper deleting. easily remove exif metadata non intrusive calender. I use it to set up my plant watering schedule. messages, clear and easy to use voice recorder, again simple and easy to use All with absolutely minimal permissions.. NO ADS, no track…

I switched to their contacts app after learning it could store contacts without exposing them to other apps with the contacts permission. (you can select where to store each contact and set a default)

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

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Post by em-bee »

globular-toast wrote: post #90
Saris wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Month view is the most useful for me since I can easily see what's coming up, and on what day by where it lies on the calendar grid. Agenga view is not as useful for me because it doesn't allow quickly scanning events and knowing what is 1 week out, 2 weeks out, etc without stopping and thinking about the dates. Week based views don't show far enough ahead. I find it amusing and strange that you dislike the view so m…

You can't see what's coming up if it's the last week of the month. It's funny how people just can't imagine any other view than the ones all calendar apps have had for the past 30+ years. The only one to do it remotely correct is Apple.

apples calendar only shows you a dot on a day with events. if you have events every day that's pretty useless.

e/OS/ has a calendar app that allows seamless scrolling so that you can easily get a view with the current week at the top. and it shows events in a way that you can actually tell whats going on. it's not fossify, but way better than apples...

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

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Post by em-bee »

extraduder_ire wrote: post #123
agile-gift0262 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to use many apps from Simple Mobile Tools and migrated to Fossify's forks when the whole acquisition thing happened. I just went back to check the Simple Mobile Tools to see the effect form ZipooApps' acquisition [1]. What a calamity. Most of them require way more permissions than they used to before the purchase, have trackers, ads and scam-feeling weekly subscriptions. Also probably in breach of the GPL lice…

Was there any setup required after switching to the forked version? There's a lot of settings I've tweaked in the SMT apps over time, and I'm sure I'd miss some if I migrated over.

they are new apps with a different name, so i don't think they would be able to access to existing settings unless there is an export/import feature.

but given that SMT apps are now effectively malware you really should switch anyways.

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

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Post by globular-toast »

em-bee wrote: post #122
globular-toast wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't see what's coming up in the future if it's the last week of the month. But, hey, you can see three weeks into the past! So useful.

you should have led with that. do you know any FOSS calendar app for android that shows 4 weeks into the future?

Not for Android. Thunderbird is the only one I know of with its "multiweek" view.

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

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Post by jimjimwii »

77pt77 wrote: post #87
kej wrote: post #3

To save the next person a few clicks, these are Android apps forked from the Simple Mobile Tools collection when that was sold to ZipoApps.

Thanks. Simple Mobile Gallery was removed from Fdroid so I wasn't getting updates. Migrated to this. The recorder app sucks though, which is a shame.

Agreed. I was surprised of how bad it was compared to their other apps (their calendar app). The recordings are faint/muted and it seems to have reliability issues.

Luckily there are quality options to choose from on fdroid.

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

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Post by floppyd »

glenstein wrote: post #39
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.

Oh it looks absolutely perfect, thank you so much! Must've not been out yet when I was checking out different launchers

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

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Post by em-bee »

extraduder_ire wrote: post #124
reify wrote: post #2

I use quite a few of the fossify apps. love the calculator. with length, area, volume, mass, temperature and time calculations. the gallery app. I like the renaming and proper deleting. easily remove exif metadata non intrusive calender. I use it to set up my plant watering schedule. messages, clear and easy to use voice recorder, again simple and easy to use All with absolutely minimal permissions.. NO ADS, no track…

I switched to their contacts app after learning it could store contacts without exposing them to other apps with the contacts permission. (you can select where to store each contact and set a default)

interesting. i was not aware of that. there are three options: device, phone storage, and phone storage (not visible to other apps). the last one will show contacts only to other fossify apps.
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