Confirmation in linked github discussion.
Welp, time to start looking for alternatives…
Can’t blame the dev for wanting to cash out on his work, but I am not going to keep using apps that will get ridden with ads and trackers.
YOU Apps are quite good
The f-droid version should be ok for now, but if you installed this from the malware distribution channel aka the Playstore I would recommend to deinstall them before the next update hits.
You can turn off automatic updates for now, that’s what i’ve done until i have replacements, either forks of these or alternative apps
One of the big contributors is forking the project.
New organization at https://github.com/FossifyX, looking at the discussions it looks like it’s off to a good start
Thy for the heads up.
Sad to see it go
This is some depressing news
Alternatives list on a Reddit post –
Teddit:
https://teddit.net/r/SimpleMobileTools/comments/18929pq/simplemobiletools_was_sold_alternatives/
Reddit orig:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SimpleMobileTools/comments/18929pq/simplemobiletools_was_sold_alternatives/
:(
The good thing is that unlike the old QuickPic fiasco, here the apps are GPLv3, so these are 100% gonna be forked, still gonna see if i don’t keep all the eggs on a single basket
A fork has already been created by the other developer - https://github.com/FossifyX
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