I’ll start, mine will be Google Notes, 1Password and WhatsApp.
Apollo - Twitter - Google Reader
😂 😂 😂
Bitwarden.
I used to think the same for WhatsApp, Spotify, Twitter and Apollo but they can all be replaced by alternatives (Telegram / Signal, Amazon Music, Mastodon, Memmy).
I know about Keepass but it’s definitely not as convenient and easy to use as Bitwarden.
I don’t use YouTube app because of ads everywhere but I would have trouble stop using YouTube on my computer.
Keepass was my go-to (KeepassXC and KeepassDX), but ever since selfhosting bitwarden (vaultwarden), I haven’t looked back.
KeePass is really good, but it definitely requires to handle everything outside the password management (like syncronization between devices, TOTP, password quality check, etc.). It is not user friendly at all. Thankfully KeePassDX (on Android, not pc) has a way better built-in experience.
For YouTube, check out newpipe on F-Droid. No ads, you can download content, play videos in background, etc.
youtube revanced is the goat, but make sure to get it from github. It’s the only official source at the moment. You gotta patch it yourself but it’s basically youtube vanced once it’s all set up.
#1 would be the phone app, pretty handy for calling people in real time. Without it I would have to carry a phone separately, It’s become pretty hard finding a phone booth today.
#2 Would be SMS, these are quite handy for quick messages without interrupting something important.
#3 GPS maps, I have the most amazing sense of orientation, that basically guarantees I never end up where I’m supposed to, unless I have GPS.
You may take these functions for granted children. But back in the day, maps were something you had in the glove compartment of your car. Phones were something you had on the wall, with a long wire hanging out of them, to connect you to a wired network. Messages was something you send on paper, put a stamp on, and posted through the postal service.
Of course compared to back then, a smartphone has plenty more clever functions. Like the calculator, which we did either in the head or more complex calculations were done on paper.
But I guess these aren’t what you kids were looking for. But they are actually quite amazing, even if you take them for granted. ;)
Anybody without Maps on their list must take it so deeply for granted. Even for me, growing up printing MapQuest maps as a teenager, it’s crazy how much before that was “whip out your massive dangerously distracting atlas and try to figure it out including where you are.”
Yeah those are all huge. Camera app is pretty good important too.
I was trying to think of stuff beyond system apps but point taken
Yes camera is very cool too. Especially compared to buying film and then have to have them developed. Which was pretty expensive. The quality of pictures from a modern phone is even way way better.
I knew you meant apps besides “default” or the obvious, I just came to think how different it is today with smartphones, compared to before we had the first mobile phones. Which brings us back to the very early 80’s. So I posted as mostly a joke, but also as a reminder that smartphones are pretty amazing IMO. ;)
PS. I’m from Denmark, and we were very early with first generation nationwide mobile network NMT already in 1982. And a phone for it could be had for as cheap as $7000. How time flies.
Bitwarden, Firefox, and Spotify.
A lot of people here are recommending bitwarden. What are the advantages of this over Google’s native password manager?
The free tier has all the features you need, it’s open-source and it’s not a Google product.
It’s also quite easy to switch to it from other managers, even the Google one.
Well for one it is not just a side functionality as the manager in chrome. It also is open source and was audited several time by external experts. And lastly it is super simple to use on pretty much any platform.
Ever wondered how other browsers like Firefox can import passwords from chrome without any password? Well, viruses can do that too. With bitwarden they can’t just read the passwords from disk because they would need your master password.
Disclaimer: haven’t been saving my passwords in the browser for a while so not sure if other browsers can still scrape the passwords just like that anymore
You can self-host the server
I like that I can set up a public container and share certain passwords but still manage it
Firefox, liftoff (slide before) and bitwarden
It used to be Sync for Reddit, Tachiyomi (Manga reader), and Vivaldi (Web browser, formerly Chrome but I needed adblock)
Replacement for Sync is not found.
Sync (and Boost) have Lemmy-compatible versions in development right now. Sync for Lemmy might even be out already, I haven’t checked yet.
I’ve heard about it, definitely planning to use it if it does come around. But I’m not even sure if Lemmy is going to replace reddit for my “daily driving” yet. The dust hasn’t settled yet, there were so many things reddit did that I’m not sure what the future holds. Lemmy is the only option right now however.
Bitwarden
YouTube
PornhubBraveYouTube Bitwarden WhatsApp
I only need web browser, it can replace most other apps I use…
Especially Firefox Nightly and kiwi browser run full desktop extensions. There might be others but those are the only two I know for sure that I can get to work.
Kiwi browser is the only one that I can reliably use the bypass paywall extension that gets me through the financial times of the Wall Street journal or basically any payw.
Bitwarden, Firefox and KDE Connect
I used KDEConnect for 48h and can’t live without it anymore.
Best media control, file sharing without usb/bluetooth and sharedclip board is next lvl.
- Tachiyomi
- 1dm+
- Vanced(revanced)
Wait Vanced still works?! I’ve been using NewPipe which wasn’t great at the beginning but much better now, though Vanced was definitely a much better experience.
There is a new project, ReVanced. They only provide patches so can’t really be shut down by Google.
As someone familiar with what both are capable of doing, but not how, why can vanced be shutdown but revanced can’t? And is revanced in danger of the new three strikes policy yt is rolling out?
Vanced distributed a modified Youtube apk which infringed on Google’s intellectual property rights. ReVanced is on much stronger legal ground since they only distribute their own software, the manager and patcher, and the patches to the Youtube apk. AFAIK the three strikes policy has to do with how ads are blocked on the youtube website so I guess we will have to wait and see.
YouTube Revance
Fennec (Firefox fork), Tutanota (Email/Calendar), and Spotify (evil proprietary company)
Try Mull, doesn’t have the traciking that Fennec has
Telegram, Google Maps and Spotify… But really 3 apps is just too few!
KeePassDX, Firefox, FairEmail
I love keepassdx. The keyboard function works real well too to avoid copy pasting.
