List your most often used and favourite foss application on your Android phone.

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Newpipe for YouTube.

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Yes. I especially love the Newpipe x SponsorBlock fork

https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe

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This is the one I’ve been using. 10/10, almost as good as Vanced used to be

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What do you use on desktop for your youtube frontend?

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Not OP, but I personally use FreeTube. The design is not perfect, but you can add subscriptions and separate them between multiple accounts (those are all local), change themes and it even has support for SponsorBlock. If you prefer web apps, there’s Invidious.

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+1 for FreeTube

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I use WSA to run NewPipe on my Windows tablet - it’s a bit of effort to install everything, but it works better than using the website in Firefox. I haven’t tried it yet, but it should also be possible to use it with Waydroid on Linux.

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Thanks for the NewPipe recommendation, I used to have vanced but then it got… confusing keeping up which one is the real one lol

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There are quite a few of them:

  • Organic Maps - maps and navigation based on openstreetmap
  • NekogramX - telegram client
  • Element - client for matrix
  • AntennaPod - for listening to podcasts
  • OpenTracks - tracker for my cycling workouts
  • AnySoftKeyboard - keyboard for android
  • Joplin - note taking app
  • F Droid - alternative to PlayMarket for FOSS applications
  • LibreTube - FOSS client for YouTube with built-in proxy
  • Fedilab - client for mastodon
  • StreetComplete, EveryDoor - to improve openstreetmap
  • Arna Translate - translator app based on the Lingva Translate API
  • Termux - terminal app
  • Spotube - client for Spotify without ads
  • Infinity for Reddit (RIP) - client for reddit
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Spotube is awesome, thanks!

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Ooh! Nice picks!

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I love AntennaPod, it’s a real gem.

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I’ve been loving LibreTube recently. It doesn’t seem go get nearly as much love as other YouTube clients

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  • Revanced Manager, a YouTube(+more!!!) patcher to remove, er, unwanted features.
  • Bitwarden Password Manager, password manager I switched to when Lastpass went down the shitter and wanted me to pay. I even ended up paying 10/y for TOTP in bitwarden, but only because I felt they actually deserved it, unlike lastpass
  • Mull, A Firefox fork with privacy enhancements, free modifications, and extension support. Mozilla, Firefox, and the Gecko engine help to fight the Chromium monopoly, which powers browsers like Chrome, Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, etc.
  • Termux, terminal emulator for Android. I really only use it in conjunction with Tasker (nonfree), but still useful for one-off applications
  • K-9 Mail (soon Thunderbird for Android!), the only mail client for Android Ive ever used (apart from the gmail app). Now owned by Thunderbird and excited for it’s future.
  • Yuito, my preferred Mastodon client. I like it.
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There’s so many:

  • Termux: terminal
  • Tailscale: easily allows for setting up a mesh VPN network, completely unbothered by firewals and NAT. Sometimes I fix stuff on my homeserver from my phone with Termux.
  • Tachiyomi: great manga reader, I only hope that sync gets officialy built in (I’m already using SyncYomi).
  • Revolution IRC: IRC client.
  • Nextcloud: backs up photos on my homeserver instead of Google Photos. Sadly uses a lot of battery, probably because I have around 50K images to scan.
  • Jellyfin: streams shows and films from my homeserver.
  • Fedilab: mastodon client.
  • FairEmail: privacy friendly email app.
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