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1. noodlejetski :verified_gay: (noodlejetski@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 15:08:47 JST noodlejetski :verified_gay:

   • F-Droid

   okay, it's a slow part of my 24 h shift, so it's finally time to make a thread about the #FOSS apps that I use on my phone, most of them obtainable through @fdroidorg . I've trawled through its repositories many times over years, and managed to find a bunch of great software fitting my needs, so hopefully someone finds this useful as well.

   • noodlejetski :verified_gay: (noodlejetski@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 02:57:57 JST noodlejetski :verified_gay:

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     • IzzyOnDroid ✅

     starting off with two of my favourite ways of getting the apps and keeping them updated:
     Droid-ify (https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.looker.droidify/) is a much more pleasant looking F-droid client than the official one. it comes with several third party repositories ready to enable, including one maintained by the one and only @IzzyOnDroid , which serves many apps that either haven't made it to the official repository yet, or ones that don't completely fulfill F-droid's strict requirements.

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   • noodlejetski :verified_gay: (noodlejetski@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 02:57:58 JST noodlejetski :verified_gay:

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     what this thread is going to be:
     - F-droid goodies that I use on a daily basis! free stuff! privacy-friendly! no ads! with a toot-long review!

     what this thread is NOT going to be:
     - explaining what F-droid or FOSS is and why you should bother, because people much smarter than me have done that in the past many times.
     - me explaining why I use app A instead of app B that you like better. good for you! you can make your own list, you've got the power! toot them toots!

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   • noodlejetski :verified_gay: (noodlejetski@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 02:58:03 JST noodlejetski :verified_gay:

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     Obtainium https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/dev.imranr.obtainium

     lets you get apps directly from their GitHub/GitLab/Codeberg sites instead of F-droid repos. it doesn't work with all projects, which is why I keep both it and Droid-ify, but it's often a faster way of getting an update since it can take a few days for F-droid to make updates available, and I'm a spoiled milennial and need shiny new stuff RIGHT NOW

     if you look closely at the URL, you can see it's available on the aforementioned IzzyOnDroid repo.

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   • noodlejetski :verified_gay: (noodlejetski@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 02:58:05 JST noodlejetski :verified_gay:

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     • AntennaPod

     AntennaPod https://www.f-droid.org/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/

     one of the most robust podcast players. I'm not much of a podcast listener, but whenever I feel like pulling something from my tiny (show-wise) huge (episode-wise) backlog, this is the one I fire up. they've been around since forever and only continue to improve.

     they've also got a Fediverse account, so make sure to give them some love! @AntennaPod