Source.

Simple Mobile apps have been very popular among FOSS enthusiasts. I’ve personally been using the Gallery, Contacts and the Phone app since a few years now. It’s a shame that it has come to this, will be on the lookout for their forks.

  • Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    90·
    1 year ago

    Incoming, “We don’t plan to change anything you love about these apps!”

    Narrator: “They were planning to change EVERYTHING you love about these apps.”

    • HiddenLayer5@lemmy.mlEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      They will do what every other buy-happy tech company does and strip all the charm from those apps and turn them into the same horrible, corporate, enshitified apps that they were originally supposed to be an alternative to.

    • mindbleachEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Our Incredible Journey.

      ‘We’re excited to announce we’ve been acquired! This will leverage our technology without interrupting current customers, to whom we’re endlessly grateful for…’

      Two months pass.

      ‘We’re shutting down next week in light of complications. Nothing will be available and existing accounts will be deleted.’