Yeah those are all huge. Camera app is pretty good important too.

I was trying to think of stuff beyond system apps but point taken

I used to like internet by Samsung but the lack ublock became a deal breaker. In particular kiwi and Firefox nightly support desktop extension so I could use sponsor block, bypass paywall, privacy redirect, old Reddit redirect… But the Samsung Internet had the best dark mode. And it has the most minimalist looking widget which works on almost any aesthetic.

I wish Firefox would offer a widget that just had a little black clear bar with a microphone that I couldn’t use on half of a grid like the Samsung widget.

Musicolet has been a real eye-opening experience. It sinks up to recently downloaded music so easily. It’s become my go-to for offline music. Works great in combination with new pipe which lets you download the audio version of any video

Oh s*** If launchers count I need to edit my list. Nova launcher is still my most used app. I am looking for a decent alternative since the branch analytics approaches though.

I have 247 apps on the phone I’m using now. It varies a bit though because I use different phones and I swap my sim around. Include system apps so I don’t know maybe 200 or something.

I would imagine the 10 I used the most not including system apps are:

*Firefox nightly *Kiwi browser

(these are the only two browsers are among the only aware of that use desktop extensions like sponsoblock, bypass paywall etc…)

• Revanced YouTube
• YouTube music revanced
• Newpipe x sponsorblock
• Musicolet
• Antenna pod
• Fire TV app (to use as a remote control)
• Shortcut maker
• Nova launcher (looking for a replacement and updates are turned off since branch analytics purchase)

*Infinity for Reddit (RIP)

• Keep notes for voice notes.

On this topic I wish there was a definitive place to find Android games that have controller support. No microtransactions… I will have to download and try again first and then 90% of the time it doesn’t meet my criteria for playable.

I mean there’s a subreddit for gaming and then there’s a subreddit for console gaming and a subreddit for patient gaming and a subreddit for video games in the subreddit for PlayStation etc…

I understand a little confusion but if anything only having one subreddit for Android was a problem to begin with. And places like Android apps or Android gaming we’re probably a little too specialized

Huzzah

I quit like 6 months before Elon musk ever even mentioned buying Twitter. This is all pretty hilarious for me. Although I did occasionally poke my head in using a front end open source alternative like fritter or nitter or you don’t need to log in.

But those haven’t been working either because of the latest s***

Trying to pivot to an alternative since Nova was sold but I just can’t find anything that matches it feature for feature. Like Niagara but not something I want to use always. I just really depend on the app swiping functionality on Nova and the customizable gestures like double tap to prompt my remote.

But there is a cool launch aUG. lets you swipe a letter of an alphabet with a stylus or your finger and all your apps with that letter pop up. If it had landscape mode support and search function in the app drawer I would use it a lot more

Yeah I still have my Pixel 4a as the secondary device and I can actually fit it in my front pocket on one of my sweatshirts with a little zipper. End of life is August though, so I don’t know what I’m going to replace it with

I’ll keep using it probably for a year or whatever but eventually I’ll need to replace it and it’s just hard to find anything that smaller light. Maybe by then the Motorola razr will be cheaper on the resale market or something.

Yeah it’s just crazy that you have to always keep them around. I own a qudelik 5k And I have a couple cheap adapters that came with tablets or something but I never remember to have them on me.

Maybe if you have a wallet case you could kind of stick it in there but otherwise they’re just too easy to lose.

Hifi dac…for sure. Especially now that LG is gone and Asus seems to have abandoned it.

Pop up camera Small phone with the purpose built case with a lanyard or something sort of like the ZenFone 9.

Support for either Wacom or USI stylus.

A rugged phone that had night vision which seemed kind of cool

I’m glad they decided to stick with the 5.9 in variant there was a rumor there and go up to 6.3 in. I really wish ASUS would give a longer commitment to security patches. Not even necessarily OS upgrades. I don’t really care if I have the latest version of Android so much as I just want a device where I don’t have to worry about security.

Promise me at least 3 or 4 years of security patches and that would probably make the ZenFone 10 my next phone.