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Happy long term user, great project. Here is a list of Open Source Apps, I use to replace Google stuff: Aurora Store - Anonymized frontend for Playstore F-

• pedro_caetano 1y ago
  Worth mentioning that Fossify also has an amazing Contacts and Calendar app (using both right now on Android 15). https://www.fossify.org/apps/ https://www.fossify.org/apps/ Fossify is a FOSS project with a handful of volunteers and they do take donations: https://www.fossify.org/donate/ https://www.fossify.org/donate/
• jraph 1y ago
  > Organic Maps - Open Source navigation (not as good as proprietary ones though) Note that a community fork done by some core contributors was just spawned: CoMaps [1] > K9 Mail / FairMail - Mail client And now there's Thunderbird, which is branded version of K9 Mail IIUC (I don't know if there's any reason to switch from K9 Mail to Thunderbird for existing users) [1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.comaps.fdroid/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.comaps.fdroid/
  • Liquix 1y ago
    Does the fork solve the issue with inputting addresses? Organic Maps will happily route to the correct street, but falls over when entering a standard format address (i.e. XXX Streetname Ave)
    • jraph 1y ago
      I don't think the fork is very different right now, and I doubt inputting addresses works differently. You might want to try: - writing the city name at the beginning - putting the street number at the end Note that OSM might not have the street number. If it doesn't, searching for it will fail for sure. You should probably file an issue: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/issues https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/issues
• upcoming-sesame 1y ago
  for someone who doesn't want to replace Google services, does it still make sense to move to Graphene?
  • other8026 1y ago
    Absolutely. You can basically get almost the same experience as you would on a stock OS device, but with much better privacy. On the stock OS, Google apps get privileged access, so they can still access photos and your camera and all that, but what people don't realize is that their privileged access also includes things like usage data, hardware identifiers, etc. Using Google apps on GrapheneOS makes a lot of sense. The only problems you might run into would be some features might require privileged access, things like Now Playing. Makes sense because normal apps cannot have unrestricted access to the microphone like that. Google Wallet works, but you cannot make payments because the app refuses to work on alternate OSes. Besides that kind of stuff, though, I've used all sorts of Google apps without issues.
    • fmajid 1y ago
      According to Terence Eden, Curve Pay allows NFC payments, at least in the UK
  • theandrewbailey 1y ago
    Over the years, Big Tech has given me reasons to trust them less and less. So I encourage you to be a rebel: cut Google out and live outside the system.
• fmajid 1y ago
  Aegis: TOTP 2FA code manager SuperCards: stores shop loyalty card barcodes KeePassDX: password manager ReadEra: eBook reader Magic Earth: another maps app Vivaldi: power-user's browser JuiceSSH: SSH client Termux: like running a Linux term AntennaPod: podcasts
  • johnisgood 1y ago
    I do not use Aegis anymore, I use KeePassDX instead. It works for TOTP just fine. JuiceSSH is still under development?
    • timbit42 1y ago
      Some people don't like to keep passwords and TOTP in the same place.
      • johnisgood 1y ago
        Why? Both are on my phone, although KeePassDX database is exported and backed up. I do not use the desktop application, but I might.
        • timbit42 1y ago
          If it is compromised, both your passwords and TOTP are compromised, which kind of negates the point of multiple factor authentication. If they are in separate apps, hopefully both won't be compromised, at least not at the same time.
          • johnisgood 1y ago
            If my phone is compromised, probably neither of them are compromised, or both are. I do not see how a separate app helps. I see where you are coming from, but I think using KeepassDX for password and TOTP should work. Keep in mind you can have multiple databases, you can store the TOTP only in one of the databases.
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• wanderingmind 1y ago
  I'm surprised no one mentioned NewPipe, the best YouTube App. A few other apps I use Feeder - RSS App Fedilab - For Mastodon
  • timbit42 1y ago
    I prefer Tubular which is a NewPipe fork with not only an ad blocker, but also with SponsorBlock and ReturnYouTubeDislike.
    • karlzt 1y ago
      I also use PipePipe.
• ulrikrasmussen 1y ago
  NextCloud - sync photos, calendar, notes and contacts to your own server.
  • dotancohen 1y ago
    Does the NextCloud app now sync contacts and calendar? Last time I tried, years ago, it did not. I use DAVx5 to sync my NextCloud contacts and calendar, via CardDav and CalDav.
    • ulrikrasmussen 1y ago
      No, not directly. It has server support, but I also use DAVx5 on the client.
• labadal 1y ago
  How do push notifications and similar things work on GraphenOS? Do they work reliably out of the box on most apps, or did you have to set up MicroG/whatever GrapheneOS's equivalent is?
  • bogwog 1y ago
    Everything works out of the box, and it doesn't use a third party layer like MicroG. The difference is that Google's apps/services are not given admin privileges like they usually are, so you can selectively enable or disable things. For example, installing an app on Google Play works like F-Droid. Once the download finishes, you have to open the Play store app to trigger a system dialog to accept the installation. On other Android devices, GPlay can install apps without your approval.
  • Andromxda 1y ago
    > How do push notifications and similar things work on GraphenOS? Some apps require Google's FCM for push notifications. You need to install Sandboxed Google Play services from the GrapheneOS App Store and grant them unrestricted battery access (so they can run in the background, which is required for maintaining a network connection to FCM and delivering notifications). https://grapheneos.org/faq#notifications https://grapheneos.org/faq#notifications Other apps like Signal use their own background connections, for example WebSockets, to deliver push notifications, but keeping a connection open for each app consumes more battery life than just having one background network connection. Also, not every app supports this. For Signal specifically, the GrapheneOS project recommends either using FCM via Sandboxed Google Play, or installing Molly (https://molly.im/ https://molly.im/), a fork of the Signal client for Android, which makes some changes to reduce battery consumption when using WebSocket-based notifications. It also allows you to use UnifiedPush (https://unifiedpush.org/ https://unifiedpush.org/) for notifications instead, but that requires an application called mollysocket (https://github.com/mollyim/mollysocket https://github.com/mollyim/mollysocket) running on a server.
    • sandreas 1y ago
      Awesome! Thanks for sharing this.
• leumon 1y ago
  Can also recommend: PassAndroid: to open apple/android wallet files (airplane/cinema tickets etc.) Find My Device (FMD) on F-Droid: replacement for the google version, works via sms commands or a self-hosted app AntennaPod: Podcast App Breezy Weather: with multiple weather sources, great ui