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[–] 116 points 11 months ago (6 children)

AntennaPod Podcast player with awesome ui

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    On my wife's phone it has tabs along the bottom. On mine it has the same options in the hamburger menu at the top left. I have no idea why they are different 😅

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    • [+] [S] 99 points 11 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (11 children)
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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    I feel like NewPipe would be awesome if it weren't just for Android. Like if you could run it on PC/Mac/Linux. iOS wouldn't be entirely out either, since you can sideload up to 3 apps with a free developer account. If you have an iPhone or iPad, you already have an Apple account, so you can just make it a developer account, and all that really does is add you to the developer mailing list, which isn't that annoying.

    Of course, on the computer I just use Firefox + uBlock Origin, but I can do that on Android, too. I've never tried watching YouTube on my Android phone (my iPhone has a bigger screen, but I'd just rather use a computer) but I bet I can block the ads in the browser. I think the app comes with it. My iPhone doesn't even have the YouTube app. I never see ads in Safari using uBlock Lite, which is a DNS filter, which is exactly what Android users without root are doing, AFAIK (or VPN-based blocking e.g. PiHole that's platform independent).

    (So basically I prefer a solution that works on all my devices from various vendors. But a good option for Android, especially since Google backed down on canceling sideloading!)

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    there's freetube for desktop, i hate how it's an electron 'app' though

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I think there's technical reasons for that. It looks like (and I may be wrong) they grab the YouTube website and show you a modified version of that, instead of requesting just the video from the server. This may be useful because YouTube changes how its API works sometimes to throw off 3rd party clients.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Ah, yes, I have it (on macOS, I use it for downloading when YouTube blocks jd2 from downloading, I can get the video in any res with no audio, and the video in like 160p with good audio. Throw both into mkvtoolnix, ditch the low-res video stream, and it's all good. A bit of extra work, but if I want the video I can get it). I know it's similar.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

    There is an experimental version floating around that does run on linux through the very new android translation layer. Very buggy though currently. Its in flathub.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    That's awesome. Linux should absolutely be pushing for Android app compatibility in much the same way macOS does with iOS/iPadOS apps.

    And by pushing, I mean it should be an optional project people could install if they want, not forced on everyone like a commercial OS feature. I just mean it should be a thing.

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    • [–] 95 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    Aegis - Google Authenticator compatible 2FA

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    What does "Google Authenticator compatible" mean?

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    It means that apps that ask you to use Google Authenticator for 2FA can be used in Aegis instead. Most authenticator apps do support this same standard at this point.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

    Did Google create this standard? I'm just not sure why they're being mentioned. It's like saying your email account is "Gmail compatible".

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago

    The standard is called TOTP and Google became synonymous with it because they pushed it in the late 2000s for Gmail and have a large user base. Other sites did have systems beforehand, like Paypay which had a dedicated fob, but that was not widely used. Gmail was likely most people's first experience with MFA and Google pushed their own Authenticator app (and didn't really advertise that others could be used). As other sites got on board, it was easier to tell people to use the app they use for google to get their code, since you could assume people had the app.

    Basically that made a situation where people who had a different TOTP app knew their app would work with "Google Authenticator" but for those without an app or using Google Authenticator, they were likely unaware of the interoperability and standards behind the mechanisms.

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    • [–] 94 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Breezy weather. It plays nice with gadget bridge and if you use the git version you can choose all kinds of weather sources, the fdroid one is a bit more restrictive. Also it just looks great and is easy to interpret at a glance.

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    • [–] 79 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    obligatory shilling for LocalSend, it's airdrop except open-source and completely cross-platform!

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Are there any alternatives that are decently fast for large files? My computer and my phone both get at least 300 mbps from the router, and I have yet to find a local file transfer application that will be anywhere near that fast for large files (destiny, local send, kde connect, might have tried others, I don't remember)

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    • [+] [S] 78 points 11 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I use this on my Macs — I think it works on all platforms? My use case is quite interesting. I have two Nintendo Switch emulators, one on a Mac and one on a MacBook. Due to the way Nintendo handles save files, it's not the same folder name from machine to machine. You'd think it would be something dumb like \saves{serial-of-game} but no, it's weird, it's dumb, and it makes syncing a challenge.

    SyncThing isn't easy to set up, but it's doable. I had to find the folder on both systems (different names, of course) and I have ST set up to where if it detects a change in one, it updates the other.

    For the test, I set up Animal Crossing on the Mac, played until I could generate a save (roughly 10-15 minutes, I think: you do character creation, then a tutorial, before you're allowed to go to sleep, and wake up with real-time enabled), then I booted it up on the MacBook and expected the save to load. I got a screen (within the game) I had never seen before, something about transferring my data to a new Switch (I'm guessing there's a hardware ID in there), but then, it worked. I might have to face that screen every time, but I did what Ninten-don't — I have an Animal Crossing save that lives on two machines at once. (And I never play it. I really just did it to see if I could. I play the game on my actual Switch, the actual game I paid for, because I wasn't trying to rip off Nintendo, really, just see if I could do it. And, ST was the tool I used to accomplish it.)

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    SyncThing is probably my most used bit of software after LibreWolf. I have it installed on all of the computers I use so I have damn near instant, magical access to a bunch of files. It's how I sync my photos from my Pixel.

    It's funny, because SyncThing is basically the reason I barely use my iPad these days. While there is a way to make it work with iOS, it's irritating enough that I just don't bother, and I don't use iCloud storage anymore, so it's a pain in the arse getting documents to it compared to just dropping them in a ST folder that my phone can access.

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    • [–] 64 points 11 months ago* (10 children)

    WifiAnalyzer, great for finessing your own WiFi channels by providing a scan layout of all 2.4Ghz and 5/6Ghz channels in your area.

    You can see bandwidth, signal strength, overlapping networks, everything.

    I use it to diagnose deadspots in my home, or to search for hidden wireless cameras in hotel rooms

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    search for hidden wireless cameras in hotel rooms

    Wow, how do you find them? Have you actually had success?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    I went to an airbnb that had a creepy but visible proximity sensor in the bedroom, and a hidden wifi network that was strong near it.

    So, I found a network for an already visible device :-)

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    It used to have a feature that would beep faster the closer you got to an AP. I used it in cafes and libraries to figure out where to sit for the best WiFi. But they killed it, and I have no idea why :'(

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I think it's an OS limitation which throttles the Wifi scanning to slower intervals (and also requires you to enable location(??))

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

    That doesn't make sense to me. I have root. I should be able to allow the app any scanning interval I want.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    I think you can disable the "WiFi scan throttling" option in the Developer Options, which might remove this default limitation

    Still no idea why Location is needed for this

    Edit: Apparently it's a safety feature against malicious developers who can pinpoint your location based on scan results. To make the user aware, they force you to enable location permission

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    • [–] 45 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I use davx5 to sync my caldav calendar (radicale) with my Android.

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    • [–] 43 points 11 months ago

    Obtainium. Lets me install and track apps that aren't on fdroid yet, or are in alpha release.

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    [–] 42 points 11 months ago* (10 children)

    CoMaps. Google Maps alternative. Can save paths and do navigation with TTS. Gets its data from the amazing OpenStreetMap.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

    Why use this app instead of OsmAnd?

    ETA: Rereading, I realize this could have sounded very rude and sarcastic, I apologize - it was a genuine question.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    For me, I have both of them.

    co-maps I use when I need to add a place to open street map, and OSMAND I use for features that co-maps doesn't have.

    Basically, co-maps is easier to use for things that it can do and OSMAND is harder to use but can do more things/different things. 

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    • [–] 42 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Shelter - isolate and run multiple instances of apps using Work Profiles.

    Similar to Island and Insular.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Could anyone ELI5 the difference between all these? Is there a "stock" Android work profile possible also?

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Work profile is basically a second set of apps with a little briefcase badge that coexist next to your other apps. You/work chooses which apps are installed. They can't access the data in your actual profile and vice versa. You don't log out and in, it's just 2 containers spaces.

    Private space is basically another such container, meant to be a 2nd personal one, but the apps aren't seen next to the others ... Theyre inert and hidden until you unlock the private space (pin/print/etc)

    I think Android 15 is needed or thereabouts.

    IDK about this 3rd party one being mentioned by adding it to my todo list

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    • [–] 35 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Trail Sense - a lot of useful tools like compass, ruler, bubble level, metal detector, unit converter, 3D AR astronomy visualizer and many more.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I hate being reminded there's no compass in my phone, $600 pocket computer that can't find north, what a joke

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    I use it all the time for the variable brightness flashlight and screen-as-light-source. Also sun and moon info, asteroid alerts.

    And there's a bunch of stuff that's potentially very useful. Making a live map from a map image sounds very interesting, e.g. with a historical map.

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    • [–] 34 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    QUIK SMS — Open source replacement to the stock messaging app on Android. It is a continuation of QKSMS.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I use this, it's pretty great! Not really a replacement for the stock app, but I use a non-stock OS so it doesn't matter to me. It is more like messaging before GIFs and whatnot, but not hard to figure those things out if you want them.

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    • [–] 32 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Mindustry: one of the few great games on f-droid (tower defense)

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    • [+] [S] 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)
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    • [–] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    FairScan to scan documents.

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    • [–] 53 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    Firefox. Shouldn't need introduction.

    Yes there are forks that may be better to use but let us not forget the one main browser family who's been giving us a chance at fighting against Malware browsers with zero respect for our privacy.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    There's been a somewhat recent controversy with regards to stock Firefox selling our data. Many switched to LibreWolf fork after that.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Thank you for the warning and source. I think I had read about this. Personally I use IronFox on Android, but Firefox otherwise.

    Even if we take this at worst case scenario, it is a much lesser evil than Google in my opinion. And they still open source everything (I think?) and as far as I'm aware allow 100% configuration to remove or tweak anything we don't like one way or another.

    More recently I was also not happy with their introduction of AI crap in the browser which can also be disabled.

    It would be better to be disabled by default and even better not to be present, yes, but well...

    As long as it does not get too out of hand and as long as they keep it open so anyone con remove that crap from forks and/or through configuration... Given our choices, I think they deserve recognition for their work. Even if we don't agree with everything they do.

    I never donated for them and used Firefox for over 20 years. Even if it goes downhill really fast starting now (Which I hope it won't, and the future would suddenly turn much bleaker in this regard), I think I should be thankful for 20+ years of good service.

    I never switched away from Firefox except for 2-3 of its forks on Android. And Librewolf as non main browser on pc.

    I'm also keeping an eye on ladybird but not keeping my hopes up yet.

    All that being said, your concerns are valid and I do share them. I just want to reinforce that when all is said and done.. No matter what the future looks like..

    They were here for us for at least 20 years.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    I completely agree with you. I am just frustrated at the fact that everything seems to get rotten sooner or later.

    Just for the record, I personally use Vanadium on Android, which is what comes by default in GrapheneOS. So far I am happy with it as well.

    I also keep an eye on ladybird, but they still have a long road to walk before i consider it a viable option for my day to day.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    This thread is specifically about Android apps, so maybe the better suggestion would be "Fennec F-Droid"

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