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sabreW4K3 lazysoci.al sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
Joined: 2024-03-16
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florge feddit.uk florge@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-07-23
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Most of these are on fdroid

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sabreW4K3 lazysoci.al sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
Joined: 2024-03-16
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Most of these are on fdroid

I would recommend sticking to F-Droid. At least they check the APKs.

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jagermo feddit.org jagermo@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-23
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That is a surprisingly helpful list, thanks

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varnia lemmy.blahaj.zone varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-06-04
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I would recommend sticking to F-Droid. At least they check the APKs.

I use Droid-ify with F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid repo enabled. Other repos on demand if I cannot find the app in the enabled repos.

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Magnum, P.I. infosec.pub Magnum@infosec.pub
Joined: 2025-12-31
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Breezy Weather
Nobook
Forkyz
Suntimes
Canta
Shizuku
Kvaesitso
Tubular
Aurora Store
ColorBlendr
Fennec
SmartSpacer
Exodus
OSS Document Scanner

I hate that all these FOSS apps use github.

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slazer2au lemmy.world slazer2au@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
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Breezy Weather Nobook Forkyz Suntimes Canta Shizuku Kvaesitso Tubular Aurora Store ColorBlendr Fennec SmartSpacer Exodus OSS Document Scanner I hate that all these FOSS apps use github.

Several of those don't. They only have an archive on GH so they can direct Devs to other platforms.

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artyom piefed.social artyom@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
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PixelPlayer might be the most underrated Android app of all time, and isn't available in any stores:

https://github.com/theovilardo/PixelPlayer

It's a local music player that leans heavily into Material 3. Basically if Google were to design a modern local music player.

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Undearius lemmy.ca Undearius@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-05
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Breezy Weather Nobook Forkyz Suntimes Canta Shizuku Kvaesitso Tubular Aurora Store ColorBlendr Fennec SmartSpacer Exodus OSS Document Scanner I hate that all these FOSS apps use github.

Fixed the formatting

Breezy Weather

Nobook

Forkyz

Suntimes

Canta

Shizuku

Kvaesitso

Tubular

Aurora Store

ColorBlendr

Fennec

SmartSpacer

Exodus

OSS Document Scanner

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Magnum, P.I. infosec.pub Magnum@infosec.pub
Joined: 2025-12-31
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Fixed the formatting Breezy Weather Nobook Forkyz Suntimes Canta Shizuku Kvaesitso Tubular Aurora Store ColorBlendr Fennec SmartSpacer Exodus OSS Document Scanner

What do you mean, this looks exactly the same?

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MaggiWuerze feddit.org MaggiWuerze@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-07-02
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What do you mean, this looks exactly the same?

His list is vertical, yours is not (At least in web and Thunder)

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MaggiWuerze feddit.org MaggiWuerze@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-07-02
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PixelPlayer might be the most underrated Android app of all time, and isn't available in any stores: https://github.com/theovilardo/PixelPlayer It's a local music player that leans heavily into Material 3. Basically if Google were to design a modern local music player.

Basically if Google were to design a modern local music player.

Is that supposed to be a sales pitch?

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artyom piefed.social artyom@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
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Basically if Google were to design a modern local music player. Is that supposed to be a sales pitch?

Believe it or not there was a time when Google made a lot of cool shit.

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pogodem0n lemmy.world pogodem0n@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-04
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PixelPlayer might be the most underrated Android app of all time, and isn't available in any stores: https://github.com/theovilardo/PixelPlayer It's a local music player that leans heavily into Material 3. Basically if Google were to design a modern local music player.

This looks really nice. Thanks for the recommendation!

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Undearius lemmy.ca Undearius@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-05
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What do you mean, this looks exactly the same?

Whatever interface you're using isn't following markdown standards then. Markdown uses two line returns for the text to show up on a new line. This is what it looks like for everyone else.

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Magnum, P.I. infosec.pub Magnum@infosec.pub
Joined: 2025-12-31
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Whatever interface you're using isn't following markdown standards then. Markdown uses two line returns for the text to show up on a new line. This is what it looks like for everyone else.

Ah yes, I edited that a second after I posted it. Appears to be, that the edit is not popping through.

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Magnum, P.I. infosec.pub Magnum@infosec.pub
Joined: 2025-12-31
#17 · Quote Reply

His list is vertical, yours is not (At least in web and Thunder)

I actually did edit my post directly afterwards, so its the revision that is not coming through.

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Undearius lemmy.ca Undearius@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-05
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Ah yes, I edited that a second after I posted it. Appears to be, that the edit is not popping through.

I do find that edits take awhile to federate.

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Xylight‮ lemdro.id Xylight@lemdro.id
Joined: 2023-07-22
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PixelPlayer might be the most underrated Android app of all time, and isn't available in any stores: https://github.com/theovilardo/PixelPlayer It's a local music player that leans heavily into Material 3. Basically if Google were to design a modern local music player.

I find it interesting that it was designed off of the material 3 expressive concept design that was marked as "Poor usage". Not saying this looks bad though!

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