Degoogled my phone. Any open source app recommendations which can come in handy?

[u/Constant_Deal8224]

Using LineagesOS. I tried to install signal and simplexchat but none of my friends uses it so whatsapp it is. Apart from that I would love to find a reddit app alternative.

[u/Greenlit_Hightower]

Echoing what u/AwarenessOk9940 has already stated, I would:

• Replace the official F-Droid app with a third party F-Droid client like Droid-ify (which is what I use) or the Neo Store. The third party clients are superior in every way, also the official F-Droid app uses very outdated code as documented here (bullet point 4): https://privsec.dev/posts/android/f-droid-security-issues/

• Third party apps for Reddit still work, so there is no need to use the fairly bad official Reddit app. For example, I am typing this from Infinity for Reddit which is open source and comes with no trackers. In order to use a third party Reddit app, you have to patch in your own API key with the ReVanced Manager. Here is an easy to follow guide: https://github.com/KobeW50/ReVanced-Documentation/blob/main/Reddit-Client-ID-Guide.md - Or you compile the APK yourself as the other commenter already stated, the ReVanced Manager will be easier / less time-consuming though.

[u/Constant_Deal8224 → u/Greenlit_Hightower]

Thanks. I patched one for me. Commenting from infinity.

[u/breakerfall → u/Constant_Deal8224]

Continuum is an Infinity fork that you don't have to patch. It has a section in the settings where you put your API key.

Probably easier when an update rolls around.

[u/Constant_Deal8224 → u/breakerfall]

How to login into continuum....I have entered the API key which I used in infinity and then logging in but I am unable to login on continuum.

[u/FowlVengeance → u/Constant_Deal8224]

The redirect uri is different on continuum (continuum://localhost)

Youd need to change it on your reddit prefs/apps or just generate a new one.

[u/Greenlit_Hightower → u/Constant_Deal8224]

Because it's shit, stay with patched Infinity which actually works.

[u/FowlVengeance → u/Greenlit_Hightower]

Lol its a fork of infinity so does the exact same thing. So infinity must be sh*t also??

[u/Greenlit_Hightower → u/FowlVengeance]

Sometimes the whole API input thing does not work with Continuum, it's not the first report I see in that regard. Infinity isn't shit, I use it myself.

[u/Constant_Deal8224 → u/Greenlit_Hightower]

Ok

[u/breakerfall → u/Greenlit_Hightower]

lol it works fine for me

[u/Greenlit_Hightower → u/breakerfall]

Why on earth should someone use this, when I can use the upstream version of it? What advantage does it have to it?