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For christ sake, is there no open source option for such a simple task?
Edit:
2 people here could point to drip within 15 minutes of my post, so why the fuck don't women just use that?
Well i guess the ones with harmful advertising have better graphics or somemeting. Or the fact they allow advertising makes them more visible on google play. And you probably can't even get drip on iPhones.
There is! It's called drip and is a project started by a berlin-based feminist collective iirc.
https://dripapp.org/
Free, open-source, local data only
Also trans inclusive which has the double benefit of not being the cliché pink. :)
Thank you! Had no idea this existed
They probably don't know about it. If I search "period tracker" on Google Play, Drip is in about 40th place in the results. That's several screens down, past a bunch of search suggestions, and the parts where it's open source, on-device, and optionally encrypted aren't clear until I tap on it and read the description.
There's some irony in a comment dealing with people making decisions that are against their interests because they're insufficiently informed speculating incorrectly about something like this when it's easy to check. Drip is, in fact available for iPhone.
Yeah, discoverability is a massive issue on the Play store. If it doesn't bring Daddy Google 30% of whatever they shovel through in ad money or mtx, then you won't see it.
I'm not sure what the best answer to that is. I don't think it's forcing Google to improve its search results.
I want it to be the average person gaining a baseline level of computer and media literacy such that they seek out and find apps that cannot send sensitive data to third parties without the user's clear intent, but I don't think we'll ever get there.
Unfortunately I think the age of computer literacy came and went. Phones don't even seem to want you to know that a file is a thing.
The fact that I got 3 responses that stated it is available on F-droid made me think that. F-droid does not have anything iPhone, because you can't side-load on iPhone.
I found three on F-droid, at least two look like they're maintained. I don't know enough about app development to really judge the third
i'd like to point out that it shouldn't be on women (or anyone) to be on constant guard against attacks on their privacy.
yes, it is the state of the world, but the attitude of your comment is victim blaming.
let's not forget that while we on Lemmy may be aware of the danger of mass surveillance tech, we're not the majority.
snowden told us years ago how fucked everything is, and surveillance has only grown since then. let's not forget that it is not normal that corpo data-mining is the norm (along with included de-facto warrantless surveillance). Even though we all should be better, nobody should have to be as careful as we are.
hell, let's be real. As long as we use a smartphone, we're not being careful enough either.
Oh for fucks sake, I already apologized twice.
But still walking alone into a dark alley at night in a questionable neighborhood is not the smartest thing if you don't want to be assaulted.
you don't have to apologize, that's not my point. in fact i want you to quietly think about how what you said before, and just now might be wrong til it hits home for you.
i know it seems like im baiting an answer. its the net, arguing is fun, nothing's stopping you from replying, but I'm being straight with you. stop victim blaming. you're not stupid, im not saying you are. *please, stop. it only helps the oppressor, and we're all getting stomped by that boot.
i want you to know im not tryina bust your chops specifically. sure, i picked your comment to reply to, but it's nothing personal.
I'm also speaking broadly to the room, reminding everybody what we already know; that how we look at pervasive surveillance n how we got to live under it is absolutely broken.
Yes there is.
I couldn't find a good one, so I'm open to recommendations
Periodical https://f-droid.org/packages/de.arnowelzel.android.periodical/ is good.
Look at the other comments, apparently drip should be the goto open source app.
Because its effort. We have to get the average person to care about their security and privacy before they will bother using these alternatives. It's much easier for them to download a popular one off an app store and have the data stick with them, than it is to download f-droid, find the right app, make sure its still supported and setup their own data backup.
People are mentioning drip, and that's on the Play Store. It's literally the same amount of effort as installing a surveillance app.
Does drip pay to have their app at the top of the list? Because that's about how far most people look
People are not researching privacy conscious apps and typing it in. Drip isn't even remotely close to being among the top results for a period tracker. That's the point, the average person prefers convenience over privacy these days.
erm, I do use Drip actually. i have used it for over a year now as I didn't want trackers knowing my cycle.
women do use drip. we just don't advertise it, usually.
i have also recommended it to friends who were looking for a more simple app than these google play store ones.
Besides drip, Euki (github) is another option on both the play store and iOS.
Note that both of these options are maintained by tiny teams with limited resources.
If the apps work as intended, it doesn't really matter.
Feedback I've heard about Drip was that the interface was slightly wanting. Which is a shame. Sample of one, bear in mind!
Periodical. Local storage only, f-droid.
Drip looks to be available on Google Play, App Store and F-Droid.
It probably has a lot to do with informing people.
I think many women just do not know it exists or do not know about the risks of using other apps