Simple Mobile Tools apps

For anyone using any Simple Mobile Tools app be aware that they were sold few days ago (4 dec 2023) to a very privacy unfriendly company:

github.com/SimpleMobileTools/…/241

Is suggested to remove them or stop updating them.

BTW the company is an israeli publisher that buys apps and fills them with ads asking weekly fees to avoid them…

Someone has made an alternatives list: …nullnet.services/…/simplemobiletools_was_sold_al…

One of the dev of SMT has forked them: github.com/FossifyX

And another group of dev announced a fork too: github.com/goastian

News Source on Telegram: t.me/Libreware/1210

inson1,

github.com/FossifyOrg

name was changed

shortwavesurfer,

Once the fossify apps are on fdroid i will be moving to them

Longmactoppedup,

Same.

I use simple calendar widget’s agenda and monthly planner. Glad to hear they are being forked.

kpw,

Anyone knows what F-Droid will do? Will they switch over to a fork? Maybe the people who installed it via F-Droid don't have to switch at all. @fdroid

possiblylinux127,

I don’t think they need to do anything. As long as an app meets the F-droid rules it should be fine. Only time will tell of the F-droid version becomes unmaintained

inson1, (edited )

They stoped the updates That is enough for now

niisyth,

FFS, I moved from Quickpic for the same reason and now Simple Gallery Pro.

Ugh

e_mc2,

Yeah, exactly the same here. Oh well, time to switch again.

Predator,
@Predator@feddit.uk avatar

FWIW, QuickPic Pro ad-free is available by Cheetah Mobile the company who bought it. Also a modded fork of the last verion before it was bundled with ads is available from github.

niisyth,

Cheetah Mobile aren’t exactly well known for their business ethics. Partly why a lot of folks bailed.

ragica,
@ragica@lemmy.ml avatar

Aves is really good. Used Simple Gallery Pro for years and it was great. But switching to Aves is painless for me.

ShroOmeric,

Israeli, why I’m not surprised?

Darkassassin07,
@Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca avatar

Because you seek to inject politicized drama into every aspect of your life?

ShroOmeric,

Or bacause I actually read the news

Darkassassin07,
@Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca avatar

Lmao, like any of us can avoid this topic, particularly online…

LWD, (edited )

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    dsemy,

    They did not ditch WebKit for Blink, they ditched it for Gecko (Firefox), which is a good thing IMO.

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