Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Simple Mobile Tools have a new name: Fossify, an open-source fork

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Simple Mobile Tools have a new name: Fossify, an open-source fork

Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Fossify

A group of simple, open source apps without ads and unnecessary permissions, with customizable colors. A fork of @SimpleMobileTools. - Fossify

We all saw in the news that Simple Mobile Tools got acquired by ZipoApps and they started filling up the free apps with ads.

Luckily, being those apps open source, a new fork has been created.

It’s called Fossify. They forked all the apps on GitHub and they have a new maintainer.

Now we just need to wait for their first official release and then… we need to spread the word and make people switch from the old SMT apps to Fossify!

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I completely agree.

Another recent example has been the developer tool Insomnia. It went from open and free to riddled with trackers and paid-only features.

Luckily an open source fork, called Insomnium, has been created.

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