Just wondering what anyone might be moving to after the news broke?
Fossify is the fork of Simple Mobile Tools.
Will check out, thx
What news?
Simple Mobile Tools was sold to a company that buys apps and bloats them with shit
Which is such a strange choice, considering the only reason people use apps like this is because they’re free of bloat. It’s literally in the name. I don’t think they researched this decision.
I don’t think they researched this decision.
Who?
The new owners? They’re interested in the high rankings on the playstore. The vast majority of people don’t care about bloat/privacy and install whatever is at the top of search results.
The original developers? I’m sure it worked out for them.
The vast majority of people don’t care about bloat/privacy and install whatever is at the top of search results.
If they don’t care, they probably just stick with what came pre-installed on their devices…
Ew. Can’t say I’m super surprised, though. IIRC, the dev started pushing to further monetize these apps a while back by making the original versions harder to access. I mean, getting money for their work isn’t a bad thing, of course, but those are some gross and uncaring ways to do it.
Considering, he was frequently giving away the apps on sale for free. I wondered how did he make money. I guess he did not and later changed his stance and decided to sell them away. Fortunately, they were open source so forks can continue to exist.
