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Simple Mobile Tools bought by ZipoApps? · Issue #241 · SimpleMobileTools/General-Discussion (github.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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with the simple tools suite being sold to a purveyor of non-foss things, remind me of your favorite lists of recommended apps? i was using simple contacts and am not immediately sure of a good replacement. i would want one without internet permissions, which was why i disabled the google builtin.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

it's perhaps interesting to see what existing apps ZipoApps has on the Android Play Store.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Netguard firewall can block the internet access for apps that shouldn't need it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

TrackerControl on FDroid can even block trackers in apps that need internet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This one is new to me. Looks solid, testing it out now. Thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He seems to have locked his telegram against new comments, so I couldn't ask there The end of an era, I have been recommending his tools to everyone

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

OpenContacts or Koler on F-Droid

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Last I tried koler, it lacked the feature to go back to a call after going to your homescreen / any other app, has that changed?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

I don't know, I have never tried it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Simple apps were bought out. See FossifyOrg for upcoming forks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

how do you even sell an open source program

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You sell your name and code. And since the code is yours, you can change the license type as well, which I'm certain is exactly what the new owners will do. Anyone can still fork the open source code and continue the work with a different name.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The moment I found out about this, they all got replaced for other apps. Don't get me wrong, I hope the dev got paid handsomely for this. Those are the people that make our lives easier by allowing us to move away from big tech by empowering us to actually own our data. Hopefully the dev will take the bag of cash, say thank you, and have no monetary concerns for the rest of his life,and then, for fun, create another suite of apps.

Edit: Downvoting my own comment because @adam_b opened my eyes to some facts I did not consider.