Here are two types of apps I’m missing from the FOSS ecosystem:
An accessibility tool that lets you control a pointer in the upper half of the screen from the lower half of the screen, with which you can tap/long-tap screen elements. It makes today’s giant smartphones easy to use one-handed. A proprietary app I use is called Quick Cursor, but on a degoogled device I’m sadly limited to the free version, as it can only be purchased—and purchases restored—on a phone with Google Play Services. No source available, nothing I can do about it.
Same goes for Edge Gestures, an accessibility tool that let’s you use gestures on the screen edges to do things like open the notification, quick settings or volume panel, adjust screen brightness or media volume directly, open apps and activities, run Tasker automations, open a pie menu with shortcuts, and more. An essential app for one-handed phone use and putting frequently used features under your fingertips. Can’t find a FOSS equivalent. Can’t restore premium purchase on a degoogled device.
Google is also increasingly gatekeeping—through Play Store approval—what these apps can and can’t do:
My concern was to convince an automatic process/automatic review from Google, which based on my previous experience with Google (and other experiences shared online by other devs), it is completely opaque and have no chance to appeal.
That’s the problem with this flag, uncertainty and subjectivity of this approval.
Hopefully this approval will not change, otherwise Quick Cursor won’t work anymore.
We need a way to get SpaceBar on its own application for Android devices. With Discord now forcing Age Verification, we need to look at ways to distribute a SpaceBar application of sorts…
It can be installed with Obtainium, but I just feel a little bit awkward about having that one non F-Droid app on my devices, since it’s also internet facing and I download stuff with it.
While this topic is very helpful, we need a more level voting system that doesn’t skew by age of suggestion. There are sites for this kind of feedback. Maybe the team can pick one?
