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

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441 points jalict | 1 comments | 17 Jun 25 07:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.239s | 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. dspillett ◴[17 Jun 25 18:00 UTC] No.44301929[source]▶
> It's nearly impossible to find good, honest apps on the play store anymore.

The process of getting things into the app store can be a faf, an app maker who isn't making money off it is far less likely to bother than an app maker happy to flog your personal data for a few pennies, because the latter might make enough money to make it worth the effort.