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To save the next person a few clicks, these are Android apps forked from the Simple Mobile Tools collection when that was sold to ZipoApps.
I used to use many apps from Simple Mobile Tools and migrated to Fossify's forks when the whole acquisition thing happened. I just went back to check the Simple Mobile Tools to see the effect form ZipooApps' acquisition [1]. What a calamity. Most of them require way more permissions than they used to before the purchase, have trackers, ads and scam-feeling weekly subscriptions. Also probably in breach of the GPL licence they used to have, unless they have removed all the code contributed by third parties, as their GitHub [2] hasn't been updated, but the apps in the Play Store clearly have. And I seriously doubt they distribute the source code in any other way.
1: https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=821434617619498026...
WEEKLY subscriptions?!
I just checked, and according to the reviews on the flashlight app the weekly subscription is $14.99 to remove ads. For a flashlight.
Was there any setup required after switching to the forked version? There's a lot of settings I've tweaked in the SMT apps over time, and I'm sure I'd miss some if I migrated over.
they are new apps with a different name, so i don't think they would be able to access to existing settings unless there is an export/import feature.
but given that SMT apps are now effectively malware you really should switch anyways.
Thanks.
Simple Mobile Gallery was removed from Fdroid so I wasn't getting updates.
Migrated to this.
The recorder app sucks though, which is a shame.
Agreed. I was surprised of how bad it was compared to their other apps (their calendar app). The recordings are faint/muted and it seems to have reliability issues.
Luckily there are quality options to choose from on fdroid.