privsecfoss@feddit.dk to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · edit-21 year agoIn your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?message-squaremessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-down1message-squareIn your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?privsecfoss@feddit.dk to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · edit-21 year agomessage-square229fedilinkfile-text
I’ll start: RSS and blogs, news vs. social media XMPP vs. WhatsApp/FB messenger/Snapchat IRC vs. Matrix, Teams, Discord etc. Forums vs. Social media, Reddit, Lemmy(?)
minus-squarenot_amm@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’ve tried replacing closed-source feed reader apps, but it’s hard when most of the focus is in self-hosted webapps, paid services or the UI is very uncomfortable. Also, mobile apps for this are counted and I just can’t with their UIs.
minus-squareprivsecfoss@feddit.dkOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think both Read You and Nextcloud News are solid FOSS apps on android. Both from f-droid. On Linux newsboat.
I’ve tried replacing closed-source feed reader apps, but it’s hard when most of the focus is in self-hosted webapps, paid services or the UI is very uncomfortable. Also, mobile apps for this are counted and I just can’t with their UIs.
I think both Read You and Nextcloud News are solid FOSS apps on android. Both from f-droid. On Linux newsboat.