F-Droid

I don't use apps like whatsapp or skype because they sell my data and don't trust them.

I was hoping for a foss alternative to talk to my parents, regular folk who need something easy to set up on their android devices, ideally through fdroid.

I don't want to reveal a real phone number because I don't want ads from nobody.

I don't need to see my parent's faces, I just need to talk to them and maybe send files and lines of text.

Does such an app exist?

On my old android, I used AccuBattery but now I'd prefer an open source alternative. I've seen Battery Bot and another called Plus Plus Battery. The former is really old, last updated like 3 years ago and the latter seems like it is in early stage and built for a few brands in particular. What apps do you use to keep track of battery health?

What I'm looking for is keeping track of battery health like AccuBattery does, monitoring charging and discharging cycles, time remaining etc. Basically everything that AccuBattery does. Any ideas?

Just got a new pixel 10 and the widget at the top is killing me so I am searching for a launcher.

What do you use?

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/47841083

If you try to find a similar app on the google play store you get apps that do this, but riddle you with data collection prompts. "Free Trial Subscriptions" and "19$ Lifetime purchase ads"

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/35523960

Stoat (formerly known as Revolt) is a selfhostable, FOSS replacement for discord [Group chats and voice channels you can join any time].

Cool new name, however not as easy to use in other languages.

Voice chat is stil not officialy implemented.

Self-hosting there. Apparently nothing to do for you if you had already hosted before the name change.

The Android app has unfortunately disappeared (not been updated) on F-droid.

Edit: added short description for clarification

Project 'Nulide/findmydevice' was moved to 'fmd-foss/fmd-android'. Please update any links and bookmarks that may still have the old path.

Find My Device has moved (since V0.10, V0.12 as of writing) and if you are hosting the server yourself, you might have missed that and might be locked out of the website interface.

If you have autoupdates on FDroid for your client, maybe you did not see the info.

Tessel is a colorful tile placement game. Place tiles with matching colors to make shapes and fill the board. The larger the shape, the higher the points.

documentation ☞ https://tessel.vantulder.net/about/

as title, don't know if there are some updates on this, has Lemmy added support to categorize communities?

I want to connect tailscale if I disconnect from home WiFi and vice versa. Is there a way to achieve this? I'm on Android 14.

Privacy and Security

Secret Space Encryptor (SSE): File Encryption, Text Encryption, Secure Password Manager.

Valv: An encrypted gallery vault for Android devices.

Safe Space: A safe space for your digital valuables.

Deku: Deku is an SMS app that supports end to end encryption and photo sharing.

CameraFileCopy: use your camera to transfer data.

Alibi: Use your phone as a dashcam and save the last 30 minutes when you need it.

FadCam: Privacy-focused background video recorder that works even when the screen is off.

Media

Open Video Editor: Open source Android video editor.

Camera Date Folders: Sort photos from camera folder into a date specific subfolder structure.

SimpleTag: Tag your audio files.

Learning

Book's Story: Material You eBook reader.

DékaDico: Spoken numbers memory trainer.

Really Basic Vocab: simple flashcard app.

Lernkarten Eule: Practice with flashcards (math and Latin).

Flash Deck: A simple and easy to use flashcard to help you study.

Productivity

MoeMemos: An app to help you capture thoughts and ideas.

Games

Eat Poop You Cat: a bit like telephone with writing and drawing.

Quinb: A multiplayer reaction game.

INSTEAD: Interactive fiction games.

@tornorbye listened to the latest Android Developer Backstage, only topic that wasn't covered was the open source app store @fdroid . Has there been active communication with them?

Is there a feature you've recently discovered in an app available on F-Droid that might not be obvious to casual users of the app? This is your chance to share it!

I’ve noticed at least one app installed via F-Droid that asked me to opt-in to on-device “AI”. Which made me curious about whether the F-Droid team has formulated a policy on this.

I scratched this brain itch here, please consider weighing in!

https://forum.f-droid.org/t/f-droid-policy-on-libre-ai/33279

#SoftwareFreedom #FDroid #MOLE #AI #OnDeviceAI #OSAID

@fdroid@lemmy.ml @fdroid@social.tchncs.de

I found this post quite interesting. While i already knew a few things its interesting to get a look at how scummy these companies behave at public events hosted by the European Comission.