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   • 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.

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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.

     Børge and pettter repeated this.
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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

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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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     • 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.