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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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Quick tip: to avoid popups/ads and #trackers, consider ๐Ÿ’ป #Firefox + #NoScript, on ๐Ÿ“ฑ #Android try #Fennec.

Links:
โ€ข Firefox guide https://di.day/en/digital-switch-recipes/firefox
โ€ข NoScript https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript
โ€ข Fennec on @fdroid https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec/_fdroid/index.html

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[โ€“] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago

another quick tip: enable the cookie banners and annoyances filters in ublock origin!

[โ€“] RotatingParts@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love the idea of NoScript, but so many page wont work with NoScript running so I just don't use it :( That's not a NoScript problem, just how web pages are being made.

[โ€“] spaceflight@spacey.space 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] RotatingParts@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, and I end up with such a long list it just doesn't work for me. I'm sure I'll give it another try at one point, but in the end it just is such a headache for me.

[โ€“] mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wrong, use Vivaldi.

No AI crap and no ads, it's amazing