Tatar_Nobility,

Throwback to when they announced releasing a simple phone. Fun times.

Cheradenine,

That was amazing. Someone linked to alibaba where you could buy the same 4? Year old phone for something like $120USD. Someone else dredged up a weird eastern European connection for the ‘FOSS’ OS. And they promised support, which ended when you bought the pos.

riccardo,

So it begins

DuskyRo,
@DuskyRo@lemmy.world avatar

For everyone still using Simple Tools apps, switch to Fossify it’s a fork that has all that crap removed

TurtleTourParty,

So far I only see Gallery, File Manager, and Calendar on IzzyOnDroid. Hopefully SMS and Contacts will be added soon.

rzlatic,
@rzlatic@lemmy.ml avatar

dialer app is released too.

Salix, (edited )
fmstrat,

You can use Obtainium instead of F-droid. You can install Izzy, FD, or even better, direct from GitHub and other repos instead.

Apollo2323,

Wait what happened I am lost? Are they bad apps now?

sadbehr,

Yea. They got bought by a bad company.

Kolli,

Rather it was sold to a bad company.

The dev will have hard time getting anyone trust him anymore.

Salix,

Link for others:

github.com/FossifyOrg

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

Not removed, it was just never added.

DuskyRo,
@DuskyRo@lemmy.world avatar

True

iiGxC,

Hopefully fossify will release fossify messenger soon. Fossify’s a project forking all the simple apps

lemmyreader, (edited )

Hmm, this app is also in the F-Droid repository with its old outfit. https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/52884e64-a86b-45b4-97c5-0eaa631678d2.png

Luckily it got forked : github.com/FossifyOrg/SMS-Messenger

Flaimbot,

sounds like an uninstall

TxzK,

Simple Contacts and SMS were the only simple apps I’ve been using. Fortunately I’ve found Connect You, which does both. So goodbye simple

CalicoJack,

The Fossify forks of simple apps should be coming soon too, if you want to stick with something familiar. They’ve already released their calendar, gallery, and file manager, the rest should be ready pretty soon.

Mereo,

sigh. Most people will just accept the new default permissions without blinking an eye. They’re taking advantage of people’s ignorance.

DeadNinja,
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They were sold to ZippoApps, who specializes in adding crapware to apps.

What else would we expect anyway…

rolandtb303,
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  • dubyakay,

    No. No it doesn’t. Israel might be a shitty country built on apartheid and illegal settlements, and netanyahoo might be genociding Gaza via IDF, but that doesn’t mean every individual should be regarded with a blanket statement.

    But fuck ZippoApps anyway.

    labbbb, (edited )

    This BS about “genociding” Gaza again… do you like HAMAS terrorists?

    greybeard,

    If we judged citizens based on what their government does, I don’t think many of us would come out clean. As an American, I don’t want the whole world thinking that I agree with what the Feds are up to all the time. I recommend extending that same courtesy to people in countries who’s government you don’t like as well.

    Amaltheamannen,

    Shouldn’t judge their citizens, but should sanction and boycott their companies.

    ArcaneSlime,

    Shit, anyone have a good calendar on fdroid?

    LoveSausage,

    Etar on f-droid

    ParetoOptimalDev,

    etar maybe?

    ArcaneSlime,

    I’ll check it out, thanks! I’m on fossify for now.

    noodlejetski,

    Fossify Calendar, which is a fork of Simple.

    merde,

    export settings and events from simple calendar, import settings and events to fossify and voilà.

    ArcaneSlime,

    I already had em in an ics from recently switching phones lol.

    LoremIpsumGenerator,

    Play store version is already infected. There was a buyout of SMT apps.

    user224, (edited )
    @user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

    Oh, I see. They even stopped sponsoring Linux Mint, which is how I found SMT.

    Edit: They used to be a gold sponsor: web.archive.org/web/…/sponsors.php
    Which means $1,000/month.

    jackpot,
    @jackpot@lemmy.ml avatar

    how could smt afford to donaye 1000 a month???

    MNByChoice,

    Not really the focus here, but Google could really improve those listings by providing some guidance as to what permissions are actually required for certain tasks.

    I am not certain I would know if am SMS program needs full Internet access or not.

    (I get in this instance everything added is bad.)

    merde,

    strangely, you need “internet” for mms so, yes, sms app needs full internet access

    greencactus,

    RIP Simple mobile apps. You were amazing while you lasted.

    rzlatic,
    @rzlatic@lemmy.ml avatar

    there are forks of code before the sellout and the releases are already out. use fdroid or obtainium. github.com/fossifyorg/

    greencactus,

    Yeee, I use the F-Droid version, so they’re clean.

    Still a shame though…

    MiltownClowns,

    I just went into Droidify to make sure all my simple apps stopped auto-updating and they all already had ignored new versions checked. Is this something I did or is this something Droidify did or is this something the f-droid repository did? If it’s the one of the latter two that’s pretty cool.

    fabioSETHsousa84,

    And here we go… 🪦

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