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 A fork of the SimpleMobileTools, which is no longer maintained, and we’re here to continue the legacy, bringing simple and private tech to everyone.

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

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 )
@z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml avatar

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.

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.

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.

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted,
@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Woot! In-stalled!

lung,
@lung@lemmy.world avatar

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

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