I've been daily driving #FDroidBasic for a couple of months now and I really like it. It's a flavor of the official #FDroid app where the ever-broken nearby (aka app swap) feature is removed. It's the first non-frustrating official F-Droid experience for me in years.
Great work @grote and many thanks to @calyxos for funding this.
Now I switched completely from f-droid to f-droid basic app.
Main reason is the better version of gadgets bridge. With this version it is allowed to run in background and so I can use my mi band again for notifications and alarms.
Another: All other apps can be maintained by the basic version too. So why should I have installed two f-droid store apps?
@cryptgoat is it a system thing or? didn't google want to introduce gentle updates with android 14?
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@fdroidorg Is there any estimate when the normal #FDroid client will support automatic updates (yes, I know there is #FDroidBasic)?
@kirschner #AntennaPod for Podcasts, #Fedilab for Mastodon and Fediverse, #Transistor for my daily #Dlf radio needs, #Aegis for #2FA, the recent version of #AnkiDroid for learning via flash cards, #SimpleGalleryPro for media management. #Auxio as a simple yet nice looking audio player. #OrganicMaps as an simple alternative to the mighty #OsmAnd. #NewPipe for my video streaming needs (even though #LibreTube is a very fine alternative when it exclusively comes to #YouTube), #Quillpad for taking notes, #KeePassDX as password manager. #DAVx5 to get stuff synchronized, #FairEmail as email client. #Feeder for my RSS feed needs. And finally the still new #FDroidBasic client allowing automatic updates of installed apps.
Recently tried out #SimpleX messenger and like it quite a bit so far. @fdroid
