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Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Tangent5280@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Basically title. I waited on installing F droid for a long time because my phone threw many scary warnings when I tried a long time ago. But now I have it, and I got some fossify apps, but since there is no "Editor's Picks" on F- droid I dont really know where to go from here.

What apps do you recommend I install first to remove my dependence on closed ecosystems?

What is my vulnerability surface ie, which sort of apps should I watch out for?

Are there any bad faith companies in the open source sphere?

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[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

i use:

aves (gallery app)
organic maps
jellyfin
openboard
symphony (music player)
syncthing
nclientV2 (te best way to read 6-digit codes)
fair email (easily the best e-mail app i've ever used)

also youtube revanced (not entirely open source or available on f-droid, but the best way to watch youtube without ads for my use case)

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah i've tried libretube and newpipe, also newpipe sponsorblock but returned to revanced

[-] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago

Get openboard from https://github.com/helium314/openboard the fdroid version is outdated.

[-] JoyfulCodingGuy@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

My problem with Symphony and other music apps like Auxio is that they don't work with audiobooks and file types like m4b. Simple Music Player worked for me when playing all my audio files but now I am waiting for the Fossify version to be published.