Is a release at the Play Store planned?

Yeah, I could install F-Droid for just one app, but I’m not going to :-). I am currently updating the app via the Codeberg Site, but auto-updates would be nicer.

  • utopia_dig@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Sure, I could go the full de-google route. But with each step towards more privacy you sacrifice a little bit of usability and convenience. And I think everyone should find the level she/he is satisfied with.

    I could use Linux, but I’m “still” using Windows because I’m a gamer. And gaming is more important than privacy for me.

    I could use LibreWolf/Mullvad Browser instead of Firefox, but they both had very stuttery scrolling on my 165 Hz monitor and I like using Firefox Sync. With Android Chromium based browsers I had problems with the filled in data from Bitwarden and security updates often take quite a long time to be released.

    I could use NewPipe, but I’d rather pay for YouTube premium to support the video creators.

    I could use ntfy (didn’t hear about this before), but I’m sure there are some problems that don’t exists with GMS. I can imagine that the battery consumption is higher when using both GMS and ntfy for example (?). Or that there would be some delays with received notifications (?).

    The list goes on and on. I really like trying out new FOSS apps, but I wanted to state that there are often not only upsides when using them :-)…

    I’m more in a middle ground there. When there is an alternative that offers a similar experience to a Google (or other big company) app, I will use it. But sometimes there isn’t and then I’m okay with it.

    Kagi, Proton, Signal/Threema, … are all really great and I use them as alternatives to their Google/Meta counterparts, but for some apps there are no alternatives (for me).

    For example Google Maps: I drive quite a lot and need real time traffic data. Magic Earth also has some data, but it is not nearly as good and it sometimes suggests very questionable routes.

    • WhoRoger@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Well, I wasn’t telling you to remove everything Google, just saying you can add more sources and alternatives, and that’s just a plus.

      Dunno why you’re talking about Windows and its apps, that’s a different matter altogether… Although yes, personally I’d ditch Windows even sooner than Google and Android. Tho I’ll definitely ditch both as soon as I can get a fully degooglable phone and some PC.

      Regarding ntfy, nope I myself was surprised how damn smoothly it works, and it doesn’t register on battery consumption at all. I wish more apps would use it, as Google’s monopolistic notification system is really the only thing I “need”, and that’s only because they force it on me. When I have the time, I’ll be campaigning to foss apps to use ntfy.