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

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441 points jalict | 6 comments | 17 Jun 25 07:32 UTC | HN request time: 1.093s | source | bottom
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degif ◴[17 Jun 25 11:41 UTC] No.44297930[source]▶
Genuine question – do Android people get ads in their OS default camera, calculator, calendar, phone, file-manager or SMS messaging applications? Or do have these Fossify application some extra privacy features that do not come with the default ones?
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kotaKat ◴[17 Jun 25 12:06 UTC] No.44298111[source]▶
The default phone and SMS messaging application on all Tier 1 Android OEMs is required to be Google Phone and Google Messages. Also as such, Google stopped maintaining AOSP Dialer and AOSP Messages.
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Tijdreiziger ◴[17 Jun 25 15:14 UTC] No.44300212[source]▶
I use a Samsung phone and it has Samsung’s phone and SMS apps.
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1. johnisgood ◴[17 Jun 25 19:28 UTC] No.44302922[source]▶
I use stock Android, and all of the apps I am using are from F-Droid, I do not use Google's apps. I have them uninstalled.

Many of the apps I am using (Gallery, Dialer, Contacts, Camera) are from https://simplemobiletools.com. Source code: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools. Its Gallery looks similar to Fossify's. Its "About" seems almost identical, so I dunno.

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2. wffurr ◴[17 Jun 25 20:43 UTC] No.44303721[source]▶
You might want to check the permissions and such on the latest versions of those apps. Fossify is a fork of SimpleMobileTools but without the ads and trackers added by the new owners.
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4. johnisgood ◴[17 Jun 25 22:54 UTC] No.44304898[source]▶
Tibor Kaputa seems to be the owner of the "Simple ..." ones. Still maintained.

So I should switch to Fossify?

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5. tcfhgj ◴[17 Jun 25 23:59 UTC] No.44305290{3}[source]▶
Yes, switch
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6. johnisgood ◴[18 Jun 25 00:13 UTC] No.44305382{4}[source]▶
Thanks, done.