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I dumped 11 popular Google apps on my Android phone for these open-source alternatives. (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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[+] -24 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I don't use them neither anymore. They were alright 5 years ago but they are like a time capsule. They work as intended but aren't modern.

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  • [–] 64 points 3 days ago* (5 children)

    They work as intended but aren't modern.

    The lack of a dogshit "modern" UI makes them even better. I don't need a loading screen morphing into different rounded polygons like I'm a toddler having keys waggled in front of my face for three seconds of loading.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Yes! Give me boring UI please. I don't want rounded corners or modern crap. I'm annoyed by the new Firefox UI.

    Even when it's really just about the UI but sometimes I feel like stuff gets more bloated when it's "modern".

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  • [–] 15 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    I don't even think they're right, Fossify apps do actually use Material 3/You which has all that dumb stuff. Though they seem to be implementing it in a way that doesn't feel as bloated yet empty as other Material 3 apps.

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