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Fossify File Manager released on f-droid(f-droid.org)

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Link currently only works in f-droid app

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slurp@programming.dev
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Simple File Manager (and the other associated apps) got bought by a company, so this is a fork by a long-time maintainer that keeps it FOSS

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max641@lemmy.world
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Great !

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thepreciousboar@lemm.ee
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So are they going to repackage those apps and sell on the playstore? What’s the purpose of buying open source apps? Or it’s just to limit open source competition?

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slurp@programming.dev
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I think it’s all speculation so far, but I’ve heard the company is an analytics one, so it’s likely to try to sell user data

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