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Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Basically title. I waited on installing F droid for a long time because my phone threw many scary warnings when I tried a long time ago. But now I have it, and I got some fossify apps, but since there is no "Editor's Picks" on F- droid I dont really know where to go from here.

What apps do you recommend I install first to remove my dependence on closed ecosystems?

What is my vulnerability surface ie, which sort of apps should I watch out for?

Are there any bad faith companies in the open source sphere?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What I have installed:

From Obtanium:

Most Fossify Apps
Nextcloud
Material Files
Immich
DAVx & ICSx (nextcloud contacts and calendar sync)
DNS66
Jellyfin
Spotube

From FDroid (really droidify from various repositories)

FUTO Voice Input
Breezy Weather
K-9
Libera Reader
FFUpdater
Joplin

The list is massive and I'm on mobile and hate tiny keyboards. I can finish the list later if you/y'all are interested. The only thing that I actively use that is not FOSS on my phone is Google Messages, which I guess is a bit hypocritical, but its too good. Just the ability to react to messages makes it worth it for me.

I also highly recommend Grayjay. It is the best (IMHO) YouTube replacement. It is cross service, like I have odysee, nebula, youtube, and various peertube instances added as sources.

As far as what apps to watch out for, someone mentioned Simple Mobile Tools. Otherwise, I would stay away from apps that are not being updated anymore or are otherwise way too old.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I have some things to add.

Most of the released fossify apps are on fdroid.

From f-droid I recommended:

Binary eye (QR and bar codes)

Fennec or Mull (Firefox without telemetry, Mull for privacy/security)

K-9 mail (email client, Thunderbird mobile)

Aurora store (google appstore without need for play services)

Innertune (better YT music)

OpenNoteScanner (scan paper docs to digitize)

Droidify (fdroid but more feature rich and user friendly)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How does OpenNoteScanner compare to the Microsoft Lens app?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

Much less features. Does the job with simple orientation correction and post process filters for clearer text. Serviceable but incomparably.