Iβm pissed that I bought simple gallery pro because it respected my privacy, then because the dev sold his soul for a ton of money, it now rapes my privacy
F-Droid can help
Simple Mobile Tools got sold and probably will go the web extension way of scammers loading it up with malware to extract private info and sell it. Delete it now.
Thatβs so annoying - I have a ton of their apps too!
Looks like Iβll be staying on these ancient F-Droid versions for a while until a replacement shows upβ¦ but ugh I am so annoyed. Files, Draw, and the gallery in particular that allowed you to resize (strips EXIF data), crop and do all sorts was so handy
It was bought by zipoapps or so and they might release ad infested versions. Fossify is the fork of all simple mobile tools
It was bought out by ZippoApps, which is notorious for buying popular apps, loading them with adware/spyware, then abandoning them once all the users eventually flee.
Go look at the added permissions that the new versions require. Youβre basically handing them an image of your entire phone.
OP is searching for Fossify - the forked set of Simpleβs projects. Thatβs the point of the post, I think.
Quick question, Iβve been using F-droid for like Spottube, I assume I should seek out Spottube for any future updates now correct?
Yes but the reason I purchased from play store (which has the side effect of donating an undeserved 30% to google) was that I could easily share the access with the family without too much effort, just send a link to them π’
I believe, Fossify Gallery has practically the same features as Simple Gallery Pro. So, your family does still get full access with just the F-Droid linkβ¦
