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Pure Writer, Obsidian (publishing)
AutoTagger (mp3, FLAC tag editor)
Google Maps
Yor favorite closed source apps?
I have three closed source apps on my phone:
Amazon Appstore - Solely for BubbleUPNP.
BubbleUPNP - I have not found a better UPNP app for streaming music to my audiophile Blue Ray player.
My credit union app - Self a explanatory, and doesn't require Google Play Services so I'm hopeful they'll offer it one day outside of the Play Store in light of the Aurora Store problems.
Nine Folders - An app for accessing all of my work emails and calendar, which sadly runs outlook. I'm looking to eventually ditch this app (which no longer is updated) and move to DavMail server.
I try to avoid them as much as possible, generally because there are better alternatives, but sometimes there are things that either you download the closed source app or you don't have it at all.
The applications of popular services like my bank, food delivery, google stuff. All closed source
God forbid anything related your employment or education requires an app of some kind, those are always closed source and does who knows what....
Magic Earth
9 months later
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- Nova
- Various icon packs
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PatzEdi Zarchiever is not closed source.
I don't usually use spyware, but when I do, it's mysudo
Magic Earth
Niagara Launcher and Nova Launcher
Discord
CityMapper
Endless frontier (Vidya)
Planet Fitness
Rumble
PlutoTV (Solely for Sailor Moon and Degrassi)
Bandcamp
Seeker (not sure if this counts)
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I avoid Closed Source apps as much as possible.
Unfortunately, however, there are no Open Source banking apps. Unfortunately, I have installed this garbage (with Sandbox Google Play Services)
I love to gamble on the stock market. My friends love Xbox, and I gamble on the stock exchange just like in Casio. Unfortunately not very good for privacy either.
Total Commander
Spotify
Vivaldi
Google Camera
Discord
Deezer
Spotify
Magic Earth (my favourite)
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I have two closed-source apps on my phone but neither are my favourite.
Headphones - Sony, for my BT headphones. This is required to change headphone settings. It's disabled until I need it which is perhaps once or twice a year.
PC Financial / PC Optimum. Credit card/loyality. I cash in the points for "free" groceries. Invasive as F but I can't afford to not have those points.
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For Android:
Total Launcher
MiXplorer
Vivaldi
Poweramp
Flud
For MacOS:
StopTheMadness
Little Snitch
Downie
MailMate
Serial 2
RedFox AnyStream (RIP)
Transmit
Audiobook Builder
Duolingo can also be used via browser or as a PWA (just in case you want to get rid of a closed source app).
Banking apps can also be used as PWA
Typewise keyboard bruv. Or Niagara launcher as well
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- Google Messages (for RCS)
- SMS backup & restore
- WhatsApp (gave up on converting people to signal)
- Google Drive (for encrypted WhatsApp backup since local backup attempts have been unreliable)
- Google Maps
- Google Voice (mostly use it for SMS codes and I give it out to some businesses instead of my personal line)
- Pixel Camera
- My gym's app
- vizpin smart (i'm required to have it to unlock doors and gates)
- Yahoo! Finance (real time market alert notifications and portfolio tracking)
- ComicScreen (best cbz/CBR app I've found)
- Weawow (provides dark sky weather, which breezy weather doesn't)
- Upside (fuel savings)
- Yuka (scan a food/toiletry/cosmetic product barcode and it gives a nutrition breakdown and lists additives with a breakdown about what is known about that additive)
- Streaming apps
- Google speech recognition (mostly for text to speech. I use FUTO voice for voice typing).
I'm open to alternatives for everything, I just haven't found good enough alternatives yet.