First foss product I remember using was VLC, but what made me start seeking out Foss was F-droid with how I got tired of constantly trying to find something without unnecessary permissions, ads, or IAP.

That was what made me understand the true value of foss, and not just because something isn’t paid with the intent of profiting doesn’t mean it is worse. It can sometimes be much better and more respecting of your privacy with how hungry for telemetry companies are these days.

Yeah, subscription cost has led to apps that would be free on Android being paid on Apple or opting out of being available all together. Not just on iOS but MacOS too, and opting for being available outside the Mac store.

That’s good to know. I was leaning towards FluffyChat because it looked cute… But, I would rather go with something that is more reliable.

So true. I’ve been using the browser on my phone and everything is actually readable. And comments having pics within them blew my mind.

Damn. Is it bad that it led me to wanting to try it out based purely on the icon and name.

I use Feeder for Android and view everything from there. Notifies me of new posts. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nononsenseapps.feeder/

For like reddit I do https://teddit.net/r/[subreddit]?api&type=rss

For twitter I do https://nitter.net/[username]/rss

Can display things in groups or all together. Lists them chronologically. No need for an account. No need to visit the site.

What did happen to Audacity? I remember there was some controversy about them years back, but are they good now?

In May 2021, after the project was acquired by Muse Group,[53] there was a draft proposal to add opt-in telemetry to the code to record application usage. Some users responded negatively, with accusations of turning Audacity into spyware.[54] The company reversed course, falling back to error/crash reporting and optional update checking instead. [55] Another controversy in July 2021[56] resulted from a change to the privacy policy which said that although personal data was stored on servers in the European Economic Area, the program would “occasionally [be] required to share your personal data with our main office in Russia and our external counsel in the USA”.[57] That July, the Audacity team apologized for the changes to the privacy policy and removed mention of the data storage provision which was added “out of an abundance of caution.”[56]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity_(audio_editor)

I like those suggestions.

• Tachiyomi for manga

• personal Dns filter for blocking ads system wide

• Aegis for two factor authentication

• NewPipe x Sponsorblock for youtube

• Fritter for Twitter without an account

• Librera for reading my ebooks

• Feeder for RSS

• Quillpad for a Google Keep like local alternative