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Alternative to Google's "Messages" app (for SMS) on Android? (play-lh.googleusercontent.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by pglpm@lemmy.sdf.org to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Does anyone know of an open-source alternative to Google's "Messages" app, which takes care of SMS/text messages on my phone?

I was looking for open-source alternatives on PlayStore and F-Droid but can't really find anything – most apps seem to target some extra purpose than simply handling SMSs.

(Edit: I'd like to stay away from the "Simple Mobile Tools" line because I don't know if it's open source, and I don't like the way they promoted some apps – forcing users to update to pro and similar.)

Cheers!

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[–] pglpm@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know who's the creator. Here's the app – you can also see the complaints from some users:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.gallery

[–] Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have installed this app and never had any paywall in simple apps suite
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.simplemobiletools.thankyou/

[–] pglpm@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah there's a mystery about completely different availability policies by the developer in GPlay and in FDroid...

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

what's the mystery? use fdroid.