For anyone using any Simple Mobile Tools app be aware that they were sold few days ago (4 dec 2023) to a very privacy unfriendly company:

https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/General-Discussion/issues/241

Is suggested to remove them or stop updating them.

BTW the company is an israeli publisher that buys apps and fills them with ads asking weekly fees to avoid them…

Someone has made an alternatives list: https://libreddit.nullnet.services/r/SimpleMobileTools/comments/18929pq/simplemobiletools_was_sold_alternatives/

One of the dev of SMT has forked them: https://github.com/FossifyX

And another group of dev announced a fork too: https://github.com/goastian

News Source on Telegram: https://t.me/Libreware/1210

  • niisyth@lemmy.caEnglish
    12·
    11 months ago

    FFS, I moved from Quickpic for the same reason and now Simple Gallery Pro.

    Ugh

    • ragica@lemmy.ml
      3·
      11 months ago

      Aves is really good. Used Simple Gallery Pro for years and it was great. But switching to Aves is painless for me.

    • Feral@feddit.ukEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      FWIW, QuickPic Pro ad-free is available by Cheetah Mobile the company who bought it. Also a modded fork of the last verion before it was bundled with ads is available from github.

      • niisyth@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Cheetah Mobile aren’t exactly well known for their business ethics. Partly why a lot of folks bailed.