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My top android apps are : 1.Local send for file transfer 2.Bitwarden for password manager 3. Antennapod for my podcast 4.Seal for YouTube download 5.Boost for lemmy 6.Rimusic for YouTube music 7. Poweramp for local music on my phone 8.Lichess for chess 9.protonvpn for vpn 10.fairmail for email

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

You need to put a space after the period after your numbers to make a numbered list. Your list is all jumbled up into a paragraph. Doing it the right way also means the numbers you use don't actually matter, which is nice because inserting an item near the top doesn't mean you then have to edit all the numbers under it. They can all be 1. and the list will be numbered correctly.

My list:

  1. Mull (Firefox fork)
  2. Signal
  3. Google Messages
  4. Pi Music Player
  5. Shattered Pixel Dungeon
  6. Thunder for Lemmy
  7. YouTube
  8. Google Camera
  9. Fossify Gallery
  10. KeePassDX

For giggles, view the source of my comment. Oh shit, I broke it by adding a 10th item. At least in Thunder. It doesn't support 1000000000 as a number for an ordered list.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is Jerboa. Wtf are you using? Lol

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How do y'all forget KDE connect?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

We don't really use kde to enjoy kde connect

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Neither do I

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
  1. Jerboa
  2. Firefox
  3. Feedly
  4. Home Assistant
  5. Ghost Commander
  6. Joplin
  7. Moon+ Reader Pro
  8. Avenza
  9. Kodi
  10. Twilight

Honorable mentions to Newpipe and Termux.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Firefox is absolutely horrendous on mobile. A lot of websites don't render properly, or when scrolling everything jumps around. Browsing Facebook is especially bad. Also UX is a lot worse than competing browsers.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

The only browser that supports proper extensions such as Ublock origin (which is much more advanced than the built-in adblockers in other browsers).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I disagree about the UX but that is probably just my preference. I use Facebook marketplace sometimes and it seems fully functional, no jumping around or whatever. Every now and then I have to use desktop mode but only on like government sites. Maybe it's because I use an ad blocker that I don't notice the problems you report.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Racoon for lemmy Grayjay for video Antennapod for podcasts

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Racoon for lemmy

This is the 1st time I decided to check about this (I have heard that name before here), after a 1st glance it looks a lot like Boost for Lemmy, and since Boost seems to be the best working client for me at this moment (image and posts load for example is way faster than Summit, Voyager and Eternity), in terms of speed Sync for Lemmy is faster, but it is so broken with my current instance that is not worth to use it anymore.

I might install Raccoon soonish :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

About the racoon recommendation have you tried other Lemmy apps? Curious what made you choose racoon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have tried one other app which was Jerboa for lemmy but found Racoon easier to use so I stuck with it ever since.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I'm using Thunder.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

App Stores: F-Droid https://f-droid.org/en/ Aurora Store https://auroraoss.com/downloads/AuroraStore/

URL Shortcuts: HTTP Request Shortcuts https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ch.rmy.android.http_shortcuts/

Terminal: Termux https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux/

VPN + Firewall (+Connect to Tor & I2P): InviZible Pro https://f-droid.org/en/packages/pan.alexander.tordnscrypt.stable/

Browser: Fennec F-Droid https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/ (type "about:config" in the address bar to configure all Firefox Browser settings) (https://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries)

Notes: Standard Notes https://standardnotes.com/

Chat: SimpleX Chat https://simplex.chat/ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cRu98XSap0)

Youtube, PeerTube, SoundCloud, and Bandcamp Client: NewPipe https://newpipe.net/

Windows Emulator: Winlator https://winlator.org/

Media Editor (+50 other tools): Image Toolbox https://github.com/T8RIN/ImageToolbox

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I tried switching to Aurora, but apps updated through there no longer appear in Android Auto for some reason (Spotify, Smart Audiobook Player)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That is very interesting, you should make the developers aware of this! https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore I personally don't use Android Auto and I can't see what the disconnect would be considering Aurora Store is only a client, and shouldn't interfere with an app's structure. I've been using it for a little over a year now and have updated major system apps like Google Play Services, Android System Webview, Android AICore, etc etc, without any glitching or incompatibilities. I'd be curious to see why Android Auto performs this way. I wonder if it depends on the Google Play Store for it to work. That's a new thing I've noticed that Google and Microsoft are doing, they're forcing their products to be dependent on eachother, for anything to work. Seemingly as a workaround for people who outsource to other services, such as FOSS alternatives.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)
  1. Voyager for Lemmy
  2. AntennaPod
  3. Firefox
  4. YouTube ReVanced
  5. Signal
  6. Xtra for Twitch
  7. Thunderbird
  8. Medito
  9. KeePassDX
  10. Aegis 2FA
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I see you're a person with great taste in Android apps. Thanks for introducing me to Medito! I need to chill.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just curious how people really enjoy twitch. I can't spend time just watching people play games or doing stuff while I could be doing things

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I sometimes watch IRL streamers from parts of the world I've never been to. I've never been to New York City but due to watching streams from a bike messenger I feel like I know the city quite well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

That's actually nice

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Nova Launcher

Edge Gestures as an alternative to android gestures

Quick Cursor for easy one handed usage

Panels as a sidebar based quick launch / app switcher

AccuWeather for weather and minute by minute forecast

Google Fit for basic quiet step counting - can also measure your heart rate with the camera

Outdoor Active or AllTrails to show you walking routes

Street Complete to contribute to open street map in a much friendlier way

Spark for multi account email

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

1: GrayJay, Revanced and PipePipe - YouTube 2: Voyager for Lemmy (currently in a hunt for a push notifications client for Lemmy) 3: Tap Tap for back taps (gives you ability to execute certain tasks just by tapping) 4: Shelter for separating work apps 5: RetroArch - retro emulator games 6: ReThink - dns/trackers and adblocking systemwide. 7: ProtonPass - password management 8: **Open link with ** - opening links is specific app 9: OnStream, Stremio and CloudStream - streaming movies/series 10: Loops - reels 11: LocalSend - - transfer 12: LibreTorrent - torrents 13: JINA for sideview panel (some android phones don’t have the side panel) 14: Install with one - install batch of apks with one press (requires shizuku enabled) 15: GMaps WV - Google map 16: Filen - Cloud storage 17: FFshare - file conversion 18: Ente Auth - 2FA 19: Aves Libre - Gallery 20: GCam - Camera

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)
  1. AntennaPod for podcasts
  2. LiftLog to track gym progress and weights
  3. Raccoon for Lemmy
  4. FUTO Keyboard.

those apps are all open source.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I'm using FUTO Voice, but I wasn't aware of the keyboard. Installing.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I am gonna cheat and name multiple apps with the same/similar purpose:

  1. Boost, Summit, Eternity, Voyager (Sync for Lemmy is out of this place... I still use Sync for Reddit Revanced though)
  2. Feedly/Feeder
  3. Firefox Beta
  4. Bitwarden
  5. Obtanium/Droidify
  6. Nekogram
  7. YouTube/YT music Revanced/Pocket Casts
  8. Spotify
  9. Obsidian/Syncthing
  10. Material Files

Honorable mention to Kinestop, finally being able to use my phone on a vehicle? It was the last place where I would dare to doom scroll!

I seriously could go on... I have too many apps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Musicolet
Memorion
Comic screen
Lastfm. Vivaldi

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

(In no particular order)

  • Threema
  • Brave
  • Bitwarden (using a self-hosted vaultwarden instance)
  • SpMp
  • Notesnook
  • Voyager
  • LocalSend
  • DeepL
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why brave browser? They look sketchy because of their crypto affliction

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[–] sbv 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm pretty basic:

  1. Sync
  2. Chrome
  3. Reddit
  4. Antenna Pod
  5. Guardian newspaper app
  6. Google Play Books
  7. Libby
[–] Stomata 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You still using chrome.... 😮

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why sync over the other lemmy apps?

[–] sbv 1 points 1 day ago

I like:

  • customizable swipe left/right gestures,
  • swiping to close a post,
  • being able to set the font size of the different parts of the post list,
  • different display formats for different communities,
  • switching between accounts easily,
  • the markdown hints in the editor,

I don't think any of these are unique. I just like this implementation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago
  1. Anylist
  2. Catima
  3. Shake and strain cocktails
  4. RadioDroid
  5. Lawnchair launcher
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

I don't think I even use 10 apps, I use like 3 of them

  1. Jerboa for Lemmy
  2. Firefox w/ unlock origin
  3. WriterP for note taking
  4. Message/Gmail/other system apps
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