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I’m just using the default GrapheneOS SMS app, but it’s concerning seeing the number of these FOSS apps lately adding major privacy invasive permission changes. Are there a few big companies buying them up for a quick buck, or what?
So it begins
Throwback to when they announced releasing a simple phone. Fun times.
That was amazing. Someone linked to alibaba where you could buy the same 4? Year old phone for something like $120USD. Someone else dredged up a weird eastern European connection for the ‘FOSS’ OS. And they promised support, which ended when you bought the pos.
They were sold to ZippoApps, who specializes in adding crapware to apps.
What else would we expect anyway…
sigh. Most people will just accept the new default permissions without blinking an eye. They’re taking advantage of people’s ignorance.
You overestimate most peoples tech skills.They will never know because they have auto-updates activated.
Wow, the new owners enshittified those apps really fast.
For everyone still using Simple Tools apps, switch to Fossify it’s a fork that has all that crap removed
Absolutely Haram.
When I saw some serious issues with Clock app (from Simple Apps), I deleted and never used it again. So many apps and so many bugs, lol.
Already migrated to Deku SMS
Shit, anyone have a good calendar on fdroid?
Etar on f-droid
Fossify Calendar, which is a fork of Simple.
export settings and events from simple calendar, import settings and events to fossify and voilà.
I already had em in an ics from recently switching phones lol.
etar maybe?
Etar is great!
Not really the focus here, but Google could really improve those listings by providing some guidance as to what permissions are actually required for certain tasks.
I am not certain I would know if am SMS program needs full Internet access or not.
(I get in this instance everything added is bad.)
strangely, you need “internet” for mms so, yes, sms app needs full internet access
sounds like an uninstall
