Android app maker Simple Mobile Tools acquired by ZipoApps - Liliputing
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Android app maker Simple Mobile Tools acquired by ZipoApps
  • FranziaEnglish
    34•7 months ago

    This REALLY sucks and I have like 10 of these apps on my phone right now because I get everything from F-Droid on my otherwise standard android phone.

    • @claymore@pawb.socialEnglish
      30•7 months ago

      F-Droid probably won’t accept any builds with adware/tracking in them, so probably we’ll just stay on an old version until a fork or alternative comes along. There’s also a toggle on my preferred F-Droid manager app (droid-ify) to ignore new versions

      • @tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11•7 months ago

        If it’s open source F-Droid will permit it but warns you of anti-features, at least on first install. I’m not expecting an update now but if they do I can see if F-Droid warns me about the spyware and adverts.

        • @Knusper@feddit.deEnglish
          2•7 months ago

          Well, the F-Droid team may in theory permit it, but it’s also the F-Droid team that has to actively build and distribute the new version. If they don’t feel like distributing a newer version, they can absolutely do that.

      • FranziaEnglish
        2•7 months ago

        Thank you

  • JohnEdwaEnglish
    29•7 months ago

    If I got a dollar every time the gallery app I like got sold to a shitty ad company, I would have two dollars. Which isn’t much, but fuck Cheetah Mobile and ZipoApps.

  • southsamuraiEnglish
    24•7 months ago

    Jesus fucking Christ, there’s no such thing as a trustworthy android developer at this point

  • @brenticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19•7 months ago

    Shit. I used to use most of these apps when my life was more degoogled, but even now I like the gallery a hell of a lot more than other options I’ve found. Guess it’s an opportunity to see what else is out there.

  • kpw
    8•7 months ago

    Sad to see them go, I use their apps every day. Probably they don’t really need any updates for a long time, hopefully an open source fork will emerge until then.

    • Chris Ely
      23•7 months ago

      Installing from F-Droid prevents sales like this from causing silent “upgrades” to advertising-infested versions.

      @kpw

      • kpw
        4•7 months ago

        Great, I did get them from F-Droid.

  • runefehay
    7•7 months ago

    Any good substites on FDroid? Specifically SMS and file manager?

  • EbbyEnglish
    2•7 months ago

    Just disabled auto updates. Bookmarked the forked project to check out later.