Kia ora!

I’ve been an ios user for 100 years at this point, but used to be deep in the android scene before then. I’ve just got an android for a work phone and am wondering what’s changed in the last 10 years - what are your essential apps, settings, customisations? I’ve had a hunt around xda but can’t seem to find much in the way of roms for my model (Samsung A04) - back in the day it seemed there was a thread for every device!

What do I need to know?

    • EuphoricPenguin@normalcity.lifeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Infinity is still pretty good, and my understanding is that it could easily be updated to support the free individual API keys Reddit is supposedly going to still support.

      • pgetsos@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        I believe it would be against the ToS of Reddit to do so, so I wouldn’t hold my breath for it…

        • EuphoricPenguin@normalcity.lifeEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I’m not really sure, to be honest. I guess I’ll see what some of the Infinity people say. Even if it’s not an option, I’m here on Lemmy.

          • EvilColeslaw@beehaw.orgEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Yeah the API limits are meant to be per client. So developing one client and then telling end users to go get their own API keys is going to cause problems. Potentially pulled from app stores and hit with lawsuits type problems.

            • EuphoricPenguin@normalcity.lifeEnglish
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              1 year ago

              Infinity is on F-droid, and if emulators (think BIOS files) demonstrate anything, it’s entirely possible to pass liability to end-users through mechanisms like that.

  • Andy@programming.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Some of my favorites:

    • Launcher: Niagara
    • Rom: LineageOS
    • Browser: Firefox (with DarkReader and uBlock Origin)
    • Reddit: Relay (is this ending?)
    • HackerNews: Harmonic
    • Lemmy: Jerboa (haven’t tried alternatives)
    • Podcasts: AntennaPod (haven’t tried much else)
    • Identify stuff: LeafSnap (plants), SoundHound, Merlin (birds!)
    • Books: Moon+ Reader Pro
    • Barcodes: Catima
    • Computer stuff: KDE Connect
    • File stuff: Material Files and ZArchiver
    • TTS: @Voice Aloud Reader
    • Passwords: Bitwarden
    • Icons: Crayon or Viral
    • Keyboards: MS SwiftKey, maybe someday FlorisBoard, sometimes Hacker’s Keyboard
    • Scrobbles: Simple Scrobbler
    • Video: VLC and NewPipe
    • Weather: Weawow

    EDITS:

    • Lemmy: Liftoff
    • Chat: Telegram
    • Email: Delta Chat?
  • Kresten@feddit.dkEnglish
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    1 year ago

    On the topic of Android, am I the only one who dislikes the google pixel version of android UI?

    • Eddie@l.lucitt.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I love how stock android looks but agree that it’s become too iPhone like. One UI has become a great balance!

    • Skyline@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I don’t like it because it has become very iPhone-like in the bad ways, meaning it takes several clicks to do simple, common tasks. I much prefer Samsung’s OneUI for how easily accessible everything is.

      • Kresten@feddit.dkEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yes! This trend towards reducing the UI because they assume their user can’t comprehend more “complex” words like “Customization”, “System settings”, “Advanced system settings”, instead just opting to remove the settings entirely, or hide them behind categories and stupid drag menus 🤷‍♀️