cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/6710937
Simple Mobile apps have been very popular among FOSS enthusiasts. I've personally been using the Gallery, Contacts and the Phone app since a few years now. It's a shame that it has come to this, will be on the lookout for their forks.
Not necessarily Linux related, but figured this was important information to pass along, given the popularity of these FOSS apps on Android.
Can't help wondering if Zipo Apps just got scammed here?
Sell your GPL licensed codebase to a company, donate that money to a charity or whatever, make a fork, and convince everyone to move over to that version. Everyone's inconvenienced for a bit, but otherwise it's business as usual.
They're almost certainly buying them for the brand name, market penetration and high Google Play reputation. But I imagine anyone willing to replace the default Google apps isn't going to put up with a new privacy policy and/or ads.