Curious why you’d choose closed-sourced apps when there are phenomenal open-sourced options which accomplish the same tasks? The list of trackers for CamScanner alone is wild, I’d expect most of the others to be similarly invasive too.
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Snapseed: 0 Trackers
Glasswire: 0 Trackers
1DM+: No Exodus Report
Accubattery: 6 Trackers
AppOps: 2 Trackers
Bouncer: No Exodus Report
ACR Call Recorder: 2 Trackers
CamScanner: 18 Trackers
Clipboard Pro: 2 Trackers (cost $2.99)
DiskUsage: No Exodus Report
HiBy Music Player: 5 Trackers
MiXplorer: No Exodus Report
MX Player: 18 Trackers
Nova Launcher: 2 Trackers [Lynx Launcher is a much better choice for this list]
CamScanner has multiple solid alts available, I like PDF Doc Scan a whole lot. The editing options are a step above CamScanner I’d even bet.
The EQ settings in VLC almost certainly are equal, if not superior, to HiBy.
I truly don’t need much for a photo editor on my phone. If you need to use all the bells and whistles with Snapseed, I’d much much rather use my PC.
Seperate User Profile > Work Profile 100%! A work profile is working in a different room at your house, while a different user profile is equal to having an separate office to go work in when it comes to data segregation.
Lynx Launcher > Free Nova Launcher for me without question. Lynx’s is super clean and the free settings are more than enough for detailed customization with zero trackers.
With ScreenMaster, I don’t see the need at all. More apps increase your attack surface area. My default works very well, I’ve never even thought about an additional app for screenshots.
If tech business hadn’t gone off the deep end acquiring tons of unnecessary data from every user in the name of profit, I’d be more willing to have forgone the years of research needed to be fully untracked digitally. That being said, convenience is no where even close to a good enough reason for me to use most these apps unfortunately.
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Closed source is not as inherently secure as open source. This is not a good look. Also what dkes android veteran mean??
Curious why you’d choose closed-sourced apps when there are phenomenal open-sourced options which accomplish the same tasks? The list of trackers for CamScanner alone is wild, I’d expect most of the others to be similarly invasive too.
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CamScanner has multiple solid alts available, I like PDF Doc Scan a whole lot. The editing options are a step above CamScanner I’d even bet.
The EQ settings in VLC almost certainly are equal, if not superior, to HiBy.
I truly don’t need much for a photo editor on my phone. If you need to use all the bells and whistles with Snapseed, I’d much much rather use my PC.
Seperate User Profile > Work Profile 100%! A work profile is working in a different room at your house, while a different user profile is equal to having an separate office to go work in when it comes to data segregation.
Lynx Launcher > Free Nova Launcher for me without question. Lynx’s is super clean and the free settings are more than enough for detailed customization with zero trackers.
With ScreenMaster, I don’t see the need at all. More apps increase your attack surface area. My default works very well, I’ve never even thought about an additional app for screenshots.
If tech business hadn’t gone off the deep end acquiring tons of unnecessary data from every user in the name of profit, I’d be more willing to have forgone the years of research needed to be fully untracked digitally. That being said, convenience is no where even close to a good enough reason for me to use most these apps unfortunately.
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I really like Glasswire’s data usage widget
What is a “veteran Android user” lol
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I definitely know your username and know you’ve been around for a long time in the custom ROM communties under one of my other aliases.
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You posted plenty on Reddit, what kind of response is that??
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I mean I’ve seen your username while I’ve been under different aliases
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