Idk why I never heard of this one before but it got an update recently so it appeared in my Droid-ify feed and now I’m sharing it. Hopefully someone finds it useful.
you probably heard of “simple dialer”. Fossify apps are forks of simple (because simple is sold to an advertisement company)
long story short 👆
Real sad what happened there.
Yes, I get that people need to eat, but goddamn it man THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO GET MONEY THAN SELLING OUT.
at least push one last update that warns the users
On a side note, if anyone uses Omnivore, I discovered yesterday that they have sold out as well (to an AI startup). We got a 2 weeks notice to export our stuff because accounts will be deleted.
I don’t believe that the lack of a warning was an honest mistake. 😉
Best we can do is remember the name “Tibor Kaputa” and avoid his apps that might pop up in the future. 🕳
Damn, I didn’t know! When did that happen? By the way, I’ve just noticed that the Simple apps haven’t been updated for about a year.
Fdroid version is old because their newer versions are not open source anymore. So don’t use them
Oh, so theycve abandoned the open source version :( I’m switching all my simple apps to Fossify.
export from simple, import to fossify
at least the switch is easy :)
Use this as daily driver, can recommend
I used this for a while, but every time my phone rang I had to type in my pin to answer it which was a deal breaker for me.
Hmm I’m not sure if it’s the expected behavior. Probably you didn’t have some permissions enabled?
Is there some obstacle to writing them? Special SDK privileges or anything like that? Seems like a good thing to degoogle if possible.
I have no idea but apparently nobody makes dialer apps. What’s even more weird is that SMS and contacts apps are way less rare.
please tell me if you find any open source MMS apps (was more relevant pre RCS, but I still want to see how to actually do it)
Fossify Messages and QKSMS/QUIK (unmaintained but has worked well for years)
