Post AcSWHDl7nU6jqrxpOi by mobian@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AcSWHDl7nU6jqrxpOi by mobian@fosstodon.org
       2023-12-04T06:52:34Z
       
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       A popular set of alternative Android Apps was sold to a company with a history of slapping adds onto the existing Play Store user base. If you run a GPLv3'd app from #SimpleMobileTools installed through the app store, you might want to disable auto-updates...... or change to a FOSS respecting distribution.https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/General-Discussion/issues/241
       
 (DIR) Post #AcSaS4F7uxXzL9QOBM by maxburn@noagendasocial.com
       2023-12-04T08:22:58Z
       
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       @tootbrute @mobian it really is, when I was on android I loved those simple mobile apps.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcSicoQnqQuf7UWLIG by didek@101010.pl
       2023-12-04T09:54:31Z
       
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       @krafting @mobian QKSMS
       
 (DIR) Post #AcSikEGmB2DTHbMpWq by mike805@fosstodon.org
       2023-12-04T07:39:50Z
       
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       @mobian That practice should be banned. Use old versions from APKmirror, I have a number of those.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcSikFIEN6ySSP3VR2 by didek@101010.pl
       2023-12-04T09:55:53Z
       
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       @mike805 @mobian Why banned? Selling ownership of projects is normal thing.This sellout is not great for the community who used them, but not something that should be illegal.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcT4EzUJHbw7S8CuBM by icedquinn@blob.cat
       2023-12-04T13:56:45.203240Z
       
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       damn :blobcatpain: i used a few of those
       
 (DIR) Post #AcT7amDPbuGyWQNox6 by freedomtux@noagendasocial.com
       2023-12-04T14:34:19Z
       
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       @mike805 Don't do that. They are all available on F-Droid (for now) and F-Droid keeps old versions too.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcTEjtffxTrBvntoiO by thomzane@daedal.io
       2023-12-04T14:36:37Z
       
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       @mobian I do not use these apps, but I recognize that they are widely popular. If you love the projects, it is time to fork them.@krafting QKSMS is reasonably good. https://f-droid.org/packages/com.moez.QKSMS/
       
 (DIR) Post #AcTgRDIlXuWE1q3xIm by mike805@fosstodon.org
       2023-12-04T21:04:43Z
       
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       @didek @mobian Selling a useful product to a company that is going to use it as a malware delivery vector should not be allowed. Not sure what the best way to prevent it is but it should be prevented.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcTnyiynULWHVleIRU by susie@blob.cat
       2023-12-04T14:27:40.415478Z
       
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       @icedquinn There is already a fork of these apps and I don't think f-droid is going to ship any shittified versions. So to me it looks like a nice payday for the dev and nothing of value was lost.