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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 whatevertrevor »

barbs wrote: post #117
__rito__ wrote: post #53

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Messages. The ads come as messages. Like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YGZwlZqrpU They sometimes look like this, too [JPG]: https://static1.anpoimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/...

Wow that's messed up. Arguably even worse than WhatsApp's recent move to show ads.

How is this distinguishable from spam? It's a random vendor sending you an RCS message. It's not the app serving ads, it's doing its job displaying the message.

Deleting the Messages app for this is the same as deleting your email client in a bid to reduce spam.

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

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Post by whatevertrevor »

molszanski wrote: post #73
__rito__ wrote: post #53

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Messages. The ads come as messages. Like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YGZwlZqrpU They sometimes look like this, too [JPG]: https://static1.anpoimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/...

this is some dystopian bs. I've never realized goodle/android is in a such weird place

I'd need to see proof that android has anything to do with it. It's just a vendor sending you a RCS version of marketing messages. If they have your phone number they send you the message, google or not.

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

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Post by extraduder_ire »

em-bee wrote: post #126
extraduder_ire wrote: post #123

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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.

I've always used the ones from fdroid, so the only change I noticed was them not getting updates anymore.

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

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Post by 77pt77 »

jimjimwii wrote: post #128
77pt77 wrote: post #87

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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.

Any recommendations?

I need opus at low bitrates that works in the background and haven't foud anything that really works for me on fdroid.

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

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Post by barbs »

whatevertrevor wrote: post #131
barbs wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow that's messed up. Arguably even worse than WhatsApp's recent move to show ads.

How is this distinguishable from spam? It's a random vendor sending you an RCS message. It's not the app serving ads, it's doing its job displaying the message. Deleting the Messages app for this is the same as deleting your email client in a bid to reduce spam.

On closer inspection, I see what you mean. It's a spam message, not the app showing ads. Apologies for propagating the FUD
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