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Simple Mobile apps have been very popular among FOSS enthusiasts. I've personally been using the Gallery, Contacts and the Phone app since a few years now. It's a shame that it has come to this, will be on the lookout for their forks.

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[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Sigh.

Anyone used Etar calendar app? I use Simple Calendar for its ability to export everything to one ICS file. I see Etar can use ICS, but is it a full calendar import/export? Or one event at a time? Related question, is there anything better?

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Etar lacks features compared to SMT Calendar - mostly for me, the ability to assign different notification / sounds, and of course the ability to export the entire calender as ICS.

Re your question: no. If you try to import an ICS calendar generated by SMT Calendar, Etar only imports the oldest event.

Etar isn't as good as SMT Calendar but it has suddenly become very attractive. I've uninstalled SMT Calendar, and CalyxOS comes with Etar preinstalled. So now I rock Etar. Not super happy, but it's better than nothing. The next step for me is to install a CalDAV server on my home server. That way I'll never get caught unable to import my calendar into a new app. And I'll live with a single notification sound for all my events / appointments.

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[–] DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

FFS just started using these apps

[–] dandu3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same shit company bought the pixel minimal watch face, and they're now charging like 18$ PER WEEK for premium features.

I had already bought it thankfully and I kept my premium status but still. I was not happy

[–] gogosempai@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

$18 per week?! Damn Netflix and Disney+ prices aren't even that high.

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[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Part of the reason why I prefer to use open source apps whenever possible is because of this, you never really know if an app will be bought out by someone shady and start adding gross stuff to it, but open source apps can and will be forked.

Not an ideological reason, but a practical one.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Wow I was never comfortable about the marketing vibe around those apps on f-droid, so I avoided them. I'm glad of that now. Still, someone can snag the source code for a fork if they want, and I'm sure there are alternatives.

[–] AlijahTheMediocre@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its opensource, assuming the new owners move it to a less favorable license just fork the last good version and continue from there.

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When I migrated to GrapheneOS I chose to use all the system's native applications (AOSP) for obvious reasons but I admit that this news makes me very worried, one less dev we will have on our side.

[–] rem26_art@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

man, the gallery and calendar were great!

[–] kzhe@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I always try to avoid these because of how they had held users data hostage on their calendar's play store version, glad this happened so there can be a foss fork by more trustable parties. Yay!

[–] uzay@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago
[–] darq@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Ah no, that sucks. I've been using a lot of those apps.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Hmm, I think I got Simple File Manager Pro from F-droid, would I need to do something else for it?

What is a good alternative?

Also I had the simple music player app, although I have no music downloaded ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

EDIT: hmm, strange acquisition actually, only the fee apps? Or the deal ain't over?

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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[–] Adda@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think it is worth mentioning that there is an alternative for each one of Simple Mobile Tools apps. It will just mean we have to spend some time looking for such apps yet again. We as users of FOSS software must be always prepared to move from one application to another. This is why walled gardens, export to / import from open standard formats and in general easy replaceability of FOSS SW is important. This is just a sad fact about using FOSS where FOSS maintainers are just normal people, with all their needs, faults, and weaknesses.

[–] gogosempai@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Simple Gallery has a feature rich photo and video editor as well. I haven't found any FOSS app that can edit videos. Also, any Material You themed Dialer app? Don't want to use the old AOSP one :(

Other than these two, I think all other apps have good alternatives.

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Time to download all those apks and keep them mirrored elsewhere, I fear for their future now

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