LemmyNameMyself@lemmy.world to F-Droid@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoFossify File Manager released on f-droidf-droid.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up17file-text
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minus-squarethepreciousboar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThat’s like, almost 100% identical to the Simple File Manager from Tibor Kaputa, why make a new one?
minus-squareslurp@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoSimple File Manager (and the other associated apps) got bought by a company, so this is a fork by a long-time maintainer that keeps it FOSS
minus-squarethepreciousboar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoSo are they going to repackage those apps and sell on the playstore? What’s the purpose of buying open source apps? Or it’s just to limit open source competition?
That’s like, almost 100% identical to the Simple File Manager from Tibor Kaputa, why make a new one?
Simple File Manager (and the other associated apps) got bought by a company, so this is a fork by a long-time maintainer that keeps it FOSS
So are they going to repackage those apps and sell on the playstore? What’s the purpose of buying open source apps? Or it’s just to limit open source competition?