From a pragmatic standpoint, yeah it would accomplish that goal. However, that discounts the intended purpose of the stars, which is to represent an individuals attribution of personal value and trust. They lose significance and become misleading if you can buy them, which holds true even for good software. When we see a github star is should represent someone who has used the software, finds value in it or who respects and trusts the project.
paradox2011
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This interview with the developer of MicroG might be interesting if you'd like to learn more about it's benefits (or downsides) over sandboxed Google Play services. It debunks a lot of misconceptions or rumours about MicroG.
MicroG collects very little information about the user. It does less data collection than sandboxed Google Play despite it being a system app. MicroG is a more transparent, community driven piece of software that distances people from Google to a greater degree in my estimation, though I don't have developer level understanding of the software. Just basing my thoughts on interviews and published information like the video above.
Personally I prefer the privacy/open source oriented approach of MicroG, but I also run GrapheneOS so haven't been able to use it for a few years.
I think saying it's just as bad is an overstatement. MicroG sends fake data or no data in the majority of data calls from Google servers and only interacts with Google when it needs to in order to make a given app function. Sending drastically less data to Google is a win and fits many people's threat model just fine.
I've never used Shazam but did use the music recognition app on pixels when I was the stock ROM. Audile seems that it gets about 80% of what the Google app would get. I'd imagine that would change depending on the kind of music you're often trying to identify though, Audile is probably working with a smaller database of some genres.
I can't totally remember when I found these, but they're relatively fresh on my phone. Couldn't live without them now.
- Audile - song recognition
- Findmydevice - lost phone recovery
- Metro - visually pleasing music player
- Paperless Mobile - manage and interact with paperless-ngx servers
- Photok - secure photo storage for sensitive media
Any recommendation for an awesome tool like syncthing is worth it! Pile it on 🥳
If you want to manage your own password vault, KeepassXC for desktop and KeepassDX for mobile, using syncthing for syncing. Vaultwarden is a option for a more involved self-hosted set up.
If you want someone else to manage your password vault, Bitwarden for desktop and mobile.
Those are the only meaningful options that I'm aware of if you want an open-source solution.
Those are strange issues, I personally haven't experienced any of them.
If you're interested in malware detection, you might try Hypatia.
A reinstall might be helpful, but if you'd like to go back to the original Pixel firmware you can do that pretty easily. First, go to this GrapheneOS installation page and scroll to the bottom for the instructions on removing the non-stock boot key. Then you can use this link to install the stock firmware: Google web flashing tool. It uses a similar web flash tool to what graphene uses for installation.
Development is pretty rapid too. I didn't track the features on the updates, but new versions were getting pushed regularly. No mobile app which was kind of a bummer, but the progressive web app integration was pretty good. It felt like a mobile app.
Edit: I forgot to mention the note sharing function, it shares a URL of the note that allows the recipient to view and edit the note through the URL. It was a little janky when compared with sharing a note between two users using themselves app, but it still worked pretty decently.
You might like Blinko. It seems similar to Keep to me. I set it up for awhile, but it didn't give me anything beyond what I already have with Joplin, so couldn't justify keeping it or transitioning to it. Here's a video from DB Tech on the set up process: Self-host Blinko with docker
Awesome, thanks. I'm going to give it a try. It seems like the best FOSS find my device type service available by far.
I do see a mention in that post about instead supporting the jellyfin client developers. They give this page as a reference for who to support based on which client you use.