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.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    For posterity, but also for forks if the repos go down, I have created https://github.com/SimplerMobileTools and downloaded all the original repos, branches, and tags which will soon be uploaded there.

    I have already got SM Gallery compiling, so thats a start, and will upload all the repos tomorrow when its not so late.

    Note: Any former maintainer of SMT will be added on to SrMT upon request.

    EDIT: All forks updated with notice of rationale and link to this discussion.

    EDIT2: https://github.com/FossifyOrg is a soft fork created by one of the current maintainers. I will keep the hard fork up just in case.

    • Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Now you need to change the names and make these new names famous, since that’s the thing that the company has really bought. The brand.

    • sadbehr@lemmy.nzEnglish
      01·
      10 months ago

      Not all heroes wear capes. Thank you for your service. A hero among thieves. The hero we didn’t know we needed and didn’t deserve. Insert other hero quips.

      Na but thanks. What a legend.

  • sag@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Why? I hate this another loss for us. This year is pain in ass for me.

  • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Wtf. I paid for the apps to avoid exactly this…

    Too many people think the “free” in free software means “without monetary cost”. Development costs money. If nobody pays, it gets sold

    • Venia Silente@lemm.eeEnglish
      02·
      10 months ago

      Wtf. I paid for the apps to avoid exactly this…

      And this is why I never pay for apps. You never know what changes (external or internal) are going to enshittify it next.

      • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        If you dont pay for apps, they will 100% be enshittified

        Hilarious that you read enough cory doctorow to know the term “enshittification” but don’t know what “free” software really means

  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Noooooo! I love their gallery app. Guess it’s time to turn off auto-update on it.

    Thank you for sharing this!

  • dandu3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Same shit company bought the pixel minimal watch face, and they’re now charging like 18$ PER WEEK for premium features.

    I had already bought it thankfully and I kept my premium status but still. I was not happy

  • Abe Froman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    10 months ago

    Terrible news. These apps are really great. Reminds me of what happened to Quick Pick and ES file explorer and u could also add Nova Launcher. More apps assigned to the graveyard. Hopefully they get forked quickly and updated when needed.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
    0·
    10 months ago

    That’s the beauty of FOSS. Just download the existing app and blacklist it from updates. Someone will archive the existing code so it can be downloaded later.