Is there any proprietary Android app for which you wish there would be an open-source alternative?

JustMarkov@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.ml – 146 points –

Basically, what the title says. Do you use any app, that is proprietary, but either has no OSS alternatives or they're all not good enough? If there is an alternative, what keeps you from switching?

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Tasker: I haven't used it, but I've seen useful automations over the years from people online and I would probably use a good FOSS alternative.

I use "Automation" (on fdroid) - the UX could do with some improving but it thoroughly covers the basics.

Newer versions of Android make it difficult to automate certain things though, I find root helps to get around that in some cases

I used to be a heavy Tasker user. I think I hit a wall with building more complex rules using their interface, which made me stop using it. Maybe they have a way to just write a script instead now, but I haven't looked into it.

There is something called auto clicker(?) Such is simpler but similar. It's on fdroid.