Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what?

Basically title. I waited on installing F droid for a long time because my phone threw many scary warnings when I tried a long time ago. But now I have it, and I got some fossify apps, but since there is no “Editor’s Picks” on F- droid I dont really know where to go from here.

What apps do you recommend I install first to remove my dependence on closed ecosystems?

What is my vulnerability surface ie, which sort of apps should I watch out for?

Are there any bad faith companies in the open source sphere?

jackpot,
@jackpot@lemmy.ml avatar

get obtainium

John,

My first step is always to add the Molly and Bitwarden repos.

Tangent5280,

Hi, quick question. I already have some apps installed via play store, thats also available on F-Droid. Is there any advantage to uninstalling them, and installing them back, from F-Droid?

John,

Some Fdroid Version may have less trackers or replace Google Services(Signal-FOSS/Molly or Telegram for example use a own push service)

Zerush, (edited )
@Zerush@lemmy.ml avatar

Most privacy tools from the PlayStore are light versions “decaffeinated” by Google. Google hate all apps which avoid his control. Recommended app for Android is InviZible Pro (FOSS)

https://file.coffee/u/idR4rTiumCbcyy1GkkZHV.png

peregus, (edited )

I’ve never heard about this app, it seems interesting. What does

Access to Restricted Content: Unblocks blocked websites.

means?

ikidd,
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

DavX5 and start keeping your contacts/calendar private with something like Nextcloud.

AVengefulAxolotl,

Here is a great list: github.com/nyas1/Material-You-app-list

Then you could search it up on Droidify or use Obtainium.

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