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What are your favorite privacy-focused alternatives to standard apps? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by Cryophilia@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Especially for those of us with no coding background, who can't just build/edit an app.

For example, I like using Gadgetbridge to replace my fitness tracker app: https://gadgetbridge.org/

It's not nearly as full-featured as a regular fitness app, but it literally can't connect to the internet so there's no way anyone can get my health info.

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[-] notnotmike@programming.dev 39 points 3 months ago

HeliBoard replaces GBoard
Firefox replaces Chrome
Element replaces Discord (with the right server)
Organic Maps replaces Google Maps
Waistline replaces MyFitnessPal
Tasks replaces Microsoft ToDo
Aegis replaces Google/Microsoft Aurhenticator
Obtainium replaces the App Store

Here's a JSON export of my current Obtainium library

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I was just looking into Waistline. I wonder if there's a way to download the Open Food Facts database, keep it locally, and have the phone query that instead of the internet when scanning barcodes.

[-] notnotmike@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

There's a PR open for the feature, but doesn't look like it's actually been implemented yet.

[-] jaxxed@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Can anybody else vouch for unobtainium?

[-] notnotmike@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

It has 6.4k stars on GitHub and a very active repository (also it's "Obtainium" without the "un")

[-] jaxxed@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I am not as funny as I think I am.

I checked it out, and it seems awesome. I might even be able to reset my tablet, and not even login to my Google account.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

How does organic maps compare to other OSM frontends like OsmAnd?

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

OsmAnd has tons of features, and steeper learning curve. Personally, Organic maps is just too simplified for me.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Not OP, But for me, it's just a little bit more intuitive and runs so smooth. I think it has the best interface for directions, viewing maps, and zooming in and out.

[-] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

is there anything like obtanium on Linux (fedora) desktop? there are several apps I use that dont seem to be part of dnf or flatpak and its a pain to manually check for and install updates from github

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