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Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

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441 points jalict | 3 comments | 17 Jun 25 07:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.719s | source
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account-5 ◴[17 Jun 25 09:59 UTC] No.44297388[source]▶
Annoyingly brilliant apps, used the old ones before they were sold off, now use these. If only there was other androi apps like this set for other things. Instead the vast majority of the shit (in the truest sense of the word) you get from play store is pretty much akin to malware but definitely spyware.
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mcv ◴[17 Jun 25 13:08 UTC] No.44298727[source]▶
It's nearly impossible to find good, honest apps on the play store anymore. Everything is loaded with ads, in-app purchases, spyware, and wants way more permissions than it needs. Google is making it more and more attractive to completely sever the ties to the play store. Although there are a few things I still want from there.
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1. jcynix ◴[17 Jun 25 15:04 UTC] No.44300115[source]▶
Try the app Netguard which implements a nice firewall. I use it to disallow most apps network access with it. Some apps may be allowed to access the net when I'm on Wifi, but not when roaming. Netguard allows you to distinguish between Wifi and Roaming. And you can enable a protocol to check which connections are attempted if you want to to specifically disable certain targets.

Disclaimer: just a satisfied and paying customer.

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2. Paradigm2020 ◴[17 Jun 25 16:16 UTC] No.44300797[source]▶
Anyway to get net guard to work in combination with a VPN client (using wire guard )? (Using mullvad & mullvads client and can't get and netguard & mullvad to run at same time)
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3. dongcarl ◴[17 Jun 25 16:33 UTC] No.44300992[source]▶
You may want to try using a generic WireGuard client (e.g. `wg-quick`) rather than Mullvad's client, you can generate a WireGuard config on Mullvad's website.