5 ms·
I've tried Osmand and found it way too slow/janky for everyday use (since it has to render the tiles locally and doesn't seem to pre-render for scrolling). New
by tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago
I've tried Osmand and found it way too slow/janky for everyday use (since it has to render the tiles locally and doesn't seem to pre-render for scrolling).
Newpipe loads videos much slower than the official app and occasionally fails completely (likely because YouTube changed something).
F-droid (regular, non-root install) shows me notifications to update apps, then when I tap them, I get a "there was a problem parsing the package" - this is a bug that has remained unfixed for over 5 years (https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/669 https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/669).
It's not impossible to use a FOSS phone, but it's truly painful.
- dr_hooo 5y agoAs mentioned elsewhere, Organic Maps provides a much smoother OSM experience (fork of older maps.me version)
- salusinarduis 5y agoIf you don't like Newpipe you can use Youtube Vanced which is basically a pwned version of the native Youtube app. I've had some stutters with Newpipe but overall I like it. Osmand really isn't bad, sure it's a little bit slower to render but we're talking maybe 500-1000ms on a Pixel 3a. Regarding F-Droid you're right it is quite buggy, but thankfully once you've got the apps you want you don't really need to use it except to update.
- hkt 5y agoSkytube is also a good YT client available on F-Droid