I open F-Droid like every week just to know what’s new. Found some cool apps that way. I’ll drop some recommendations here:
Thumb-Key
Quasseldroid
QRAlarm
Audile
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MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 10 months ago
Friendly reminder to my Android peeps that f-droid.org rocks!
I think I open up the google play store like twice a year.
Emerald@lemmy.world 10 months ago
MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Had to get a Gallery app from there last week
gstore idea of gallery app is ads in your stolen pictures
greencactus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Seriously, is that how far we came?
laughs in LineageOS
But seriously folks, you can survive without Google Play Store. While it definitely is sometimes not easy and there are obstacles put in your way, after a certain time you learn to accommodate. And I have a peace of mind knowing that no one is selling my pictures to data foraging companies God knows where.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
at this point you can get a pixel 6 (dunno about other models) and really easily unlock the bootloader and install lineageos, then with microg and aurora store you can install any apps you need from gplay, with an absolute bare minimum of proprietary code running on your phone and with most of the conveniences people expect.
it’s amazing how little how you have to sacrifice.
euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
pizzawithdirt@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why do you think LineageOS is way less secure?
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Majority of the stuff there should be on play store too.