What are your favorite privacy-focused alternatives to standard apps?

Cryophilia@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 111 points –

Especially for those of us with no coding background, who can't just build/edit an app.

For example, I like using Gadgetbridge to replace my fitness tracker app: https://gadgetbridge.org/

It's not nearly as full-featured as a regular fitness app, but it literally can't connect to the internet so there's no way anyone can get my health info.

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Here's a JSON export of my current Obtainium library

I was just looking into Waistline. I wonder if there's a way to download the Open Food Facts database, keep it locally, and have the phone query that instead of the internet when scanning barcodes.

There's a PR open for the feature, but doesn't look like it's actually been implemented yet.

Can anybody else vouch for unobtainium?

It has 6.4k stars on GitHub and a very active repository (also it's "Obtainium" without the "un")

I am not as funny as I think I am.

I checked it out, and it seems awesome. I might even be able to reset my tablet, and not even login to my Google account.

How does organic maps compare to other OSM frontends like OsmAnd?

OsmAnd has tons of features, and steeper learning curve. Personally, Organic maps is just too simplified for me.

Not OP, But for me, it's just a little bit more intuitive and runs so smooth. I think it has the best interface for directions, viewing maps, and zooming in and out.

is there anything like obtanium on Linux (fedora) desktop? there are several apps I use that dont seem to be part of dnf or flatpak and its a pain to manually check for and install updates from github