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I cover alla my needs with foss but mor minimal apps would be better. PS: This was my suite of apps when I wrote the post

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Antennapod, Aves, Breezy, Etar, InnerTune, NewPipe, k-9Mail, Openboard, Organic Maps, VLC...

[โ€“] ctr1@fl0w.cc 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Congrats! It's great software. OsmAnd~, Unexpected Keyboard, ~~OpenLauncher~~, Arcticons Dark, UntrackMe, and Mull are a few of my favorites. Aurora Store also, but I try not to use it unless I absoutely need to (I don't have sandboxed Google services/Play installed)

Edit: OpenLauncher might be a bit out of date. Will switch to Discreet Launcher for now, but the dev has stopped adding features and will only release bugfixes and Android compatibility updates moving forward

[โ€“] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is open launcher safe to use? It hasn't been updated in a while

[โ€“] ctr1@fl0w.cc 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh good point, thanks for the heads up. I see that the last release was a few years ago and there are a lot of open issues. I haven't had too many problems with it, but a launcher is something you don't want to have security vulnerabilities for. Will look around for an alternative

[โ€“] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Glad I could help! I'm personally using Kvaesitso but nova launcher is neat too.

[โ€“] ctr1@fl0w.cc 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kvaesitso is pretty slick! I just tried it for a bit, and it looks well-written. I like having all my icons shrunk down and compressed on my desktop, so it's not quite what I'm looking for, but I tried Discreet Launcher after your comment and was able to configure it pretty well to my liking. Still missing some features that I like from OpenLauncher but it has what I need

[โ€“] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Oh nice! I might try out Discreet Launcher now just to see what it's like lol

[โ€“] pescetarian@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

Unexpected Keyboard: and no swipe typing of course ๐Ÿ™ˆ

[โ€“] pescetarian@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

AdAway - must have, first app in android.