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LarrySwinger@exploding-heads.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

My first impression of it wasn’t so good. The only android app that’s distributed on f-droid is Amethyst but that doesn’t have group support, nor did any of the other apps I tried. Some of the apps are only distributed on the Play Store, which I’m avoiding. It was only when I tried satellite.earth that I discovered Nostr supports groups to begin with. But then that still didn’t work on Android. Also, that interface hijacks your attention even more than Lemmy. It feels like you’re browsing 9gag when the memes take the centre place.

I would still advice that a link to exploding heads on Satellite is placed in the sticky, though. At least that gives an experience similar to forums.

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squashkin@exploding-heads.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Play Store, which I’m avoiding

same

also I read amythest’s privacy report and they send data to google it sounds like lol

The app may collect a per-device token, your public key, and a preferred Relay to connect to and provide push notification services through Google’s Firebase Cloud Messaging.

github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/…/PRIVACY.md

is that anything or a nothingburger

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- LarrySwinger@exploding-heads.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It doesn’t point to malintent. It means they make use of Google Play Services, but which is bad for privacy. The solution is to flash your device with a ROM that doesn’t have Play Services, if that’s possible, or to disable all the permissions for Play Services. But then you’ll receive notifications with a delay, which is probably okay for an app like Amethyst. But even Session needs to use Play Services to deliver notifications in realtime.
  
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