In case you missed it: Fossify (A fork of Simple Mobile Tools)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10796117

Fossify Gallery (fork of Simple Gallery), Fossify File Manager (fork of Simple File Manager) and Fossify Calendar (fork of Simple Calendar) are now available for download on F-Droid.

(Simple Mobile Tools suite was acquired by an Israeli adware company)

About Fossify: Fossify is all about community-backed, open-source, and ad-free mobile apps. A fork of the SimpleMobileTools, which is no longer maintained, and we’re here to continue the legacy, bringing simple and private tech to everyone.

Marxist_Bear,

The calendar isn’t showing up when I search for it on F droid

Marxist_Bear,

Interesting, when browsing fdroid they show up, but not when I search for them.

Kory,
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Oh thank you for this! I could only find the Gallery with the search.

vort3,
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I’ll keep the last pre-sale version of simple gallery until fossify gallery implements some kind of editor (no, rotating and cropping is not editing).

ElPussyKangaroo, (edited )

It already has annotations I believe…

1000019366

What else is there?

Damage,

well, seems to me that you need a non-simple gallery app

z3rOR0ne, (edited )
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Oh thank you so much for posting this. When Brodie Robertson covered this on his YT channel, I was so upset at how the fiasco with SimpleMobileTools played out, but also so glad somebody took over the mantle. Cheers!

x4740N,
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For someone who is completely out of the loop, what happened ?

cralder,
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The “simple” suite of apps was bought by zippoapps, a company that buys popular apps and adds incredibly aggressive monetization that is basically just trying to scam users. You know those “free trials” that cost like 300€ per week once the trial is up so you forget to cancel and pay a bunch of money for an app you don’t want? Yeah that.

z3rOR0ne,
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Others have already given you the summary, but if you’re interested in Brodie Robertson’s talk, going a bit in depth on the topic, here is the video.

Static_Rocket,
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If I recall correctly, the whole suite was sold to a company that has a history of acquiring existing tools just to park them in maintenance mode and fill them with ads.

greybeard,

Hopefully they get to Simple Launcher soon. I switched to that because Nova Launcher seemed to he dead and I couldn’t find a better open source alternative. I certainly will take suggestions if someone knows something better on fdroid.

MaddestMax,

Been using KISS Launcher very happily. Worth a look.

Anarch157a,
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I’m waiting for the Contacts manager. Untill then I’ll keep using the last “good” (pre-sale) version of Simple Contacts.

But don’t worry, take your time.

iturnedintoanewt,

Yup… Me too waiting on contacts.

pedroapero,

I’ll be waiting for the dialer, sms, and contact apps in f-droid. Gallery is there already. Too bad I donated a couple of times to Tibor; wish you all the best anyways !

turbulentMagma,

Most of the simple mobile tools apps on the play store have already added ads and internet permissions. Get off them asap

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted,
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Woot! In-stalled!

lung,
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Oh cool! De-googling never seemed easier … I think we are finally ready for open source phones

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