• sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf
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    1 year ago

    Not gonna like, this has me a little apprehensive due to the fact that my preferred keyboard hasn’t updated in years. You know what would be good, if apps that didn’t update in 5+ years were automatically open sourced.

    If you’re a hacker, please update Minuum Keyboard.

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      1 year ago

      I remember purchasing that keyboard a long time ago. The super compact layout was neat. Shame they ceased development.

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        1 year ago

        Best keyboard I ever used. Literally the only keyboard that leans on the processor rather than the precision of the user.

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    1 year ago

    I will copy a comment I made a week ago in another thread:

    It was five years after her first Android phone that I noticed that when asked to install an app, my aunt proceeded to download an APK from a random website and installed that rather than using the Play Store. In fact, I think she didn’t even know the Play Store was a thing, and she was on her third android phone already.

    She isn’t tech-savvy, she did that because that is how she did on Windows. After that, I just accepted that things need to change in a way that might annoy me.

    That is to say that while the solution found by Google has a bunch of drawbacks, and I’d prefer if old games and unmaintained apps were left alone, I don’t think it was a totally wrong decision (this time).

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    I asked for extensions but it’s pretty annoying to have to dust off my older published apps (which work just fine) and port to API 34. One down, three to go

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      1 year ago

      That’s not a great sign about the software and network security of the device itself either. Inb4 IoT botnet.

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      @Rouxibeau isn’t it possible to download the apk? Like on APK mirror or other reputable source on the web? I remember there was also a website that grabbed the apk straight from the Play Store if the app was free.

      Or you can use Aurora Store if possible. That’s how I got Instagram Lite.

      @FragmentedChicken