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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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Simple Mobile Tools is dead, long live FossifyX! (feddit.de)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As reported in a reddit post and confirmed in a github discussion, Simple Mobile Tools is being sold to ZippoApps which is known for shady business practices.

It is not yet clear whether they will make the app suite closed source (which would infringe the rights of all contributors since they contributed under the GPLv3 license).

In response to that situation, one of the main contributors forked the project under the name FossifyX and will continue to work on it.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just read the entire thread. This is sad. I was about to recommend the contacts app to my Dad, glad I didn't.

There is also another fork for the contacts app called Simple Contacts Pro SE by Stephan Ritscher.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

For contacts I like Connect You.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I've tried it a few times in the past but have always come across bugs that give me functional issues. I can't remember exactly what they were right now but give it another few months and I'll probably try it again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wondering if ConnectYou will work with my contact list in NextCloud.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

if you use DAVx5 to sync them, every app with contact access will be able use them.