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Is there any closed source android app that you wish had a good open source alternative? (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by federino@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I'm currently looking to develop an open source app that can help somebody. I'm currently out of ideas, so I'd like to heard if from you guys.

Sorry if it seems to lazy to ask for ideas like that, I just thought that I could do it since the result will be a free app.

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[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Well even if someone creates it, it will still act like a web session. It will just be a frontend. You can't create a separate app with authentication and everything because it's proprietary (so you can't see how authentication works) and messages are E2EE

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Of course you can. Its just more difficult.

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Well yes but it's almost impossible

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Not at all impossible. Just a bit more difficult.

We have alt frontends for reddit and YouTube and loads of other platforms whose main apps suck

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