Tested Band Camp extensively, it simply does not know of arists I like.
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I use it to discover “new to me” music in all.genres (I have very eclectic musical tastes). You wont find much “popular” music there. But you will find a lot of music that doesn’t neatly fall into the music industry’s marketing categories.
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That might be true for rock or rock and derrivates, or electronic music, but reggae/dub is missing defenetely.
Spotify is way better, but even he misses Serbian bands. In short my mp3 lib rules, HQ ripped by me from CDs
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Signal.
(A mobile phone, even minimal (*), cannot do without messaging (sms…). Signal is superior to standard (sms) text messaging and does seem like the best choice for many, in terms of security vs user base. (**)
Maybe music streaming (like Spotify, but currently exploring other options thanks to this thread).
(*) and I agree with what was said above: we all have our own concept of what minimal is and how we want to use our phone, especially when it’s the only one we have
(**) It’s the reason, in addition to basic reliability, why I replaced my Pure (by Punkt MP02 which incidentally currently does not work with Signal : makes me realise just how important it is for me and my family when I am on the go on my bike etc)
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it would be wonderful if Signal came pre-installed. it’s a must have messaging app!
second i’d have to pick DeepL for translations.
runners up:
Deezer
Quizlet
Memrise
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Signal and KOReader
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Spotify, and chessvision.ai, a fairly obscure but powerful app I use to take pictures of chess positions from books and analyze them on a computer
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Signal, and Amazon Music. It would be interesting to know if the Mudita Kompakt is able to play the Amazon Music in HD (16bit / 44khz ) and UtraHD Quality ( 24 bit/ 44.1khz) as it sounds wonderful with my Google Pixel and Sennheiser Headphones?!
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I’d chose Emergency radio broadcast and weather updates from Bureau of Meteorology, during emergency situations. Unsure if an app like this exists but it would be great - so a user could check emergency bulletins quickly and easily ‘on-the-go’.
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I would download Firefox or one of its forks ( Waterfox , Zen , LibreWolf) just a safe private browser that would only be used for necessary things and an app for the local public transport and i know this makes three apps but i would download a radio app like iHeartRadio
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Some form of wallet apps so I can pay from my phone
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some health app where I can connect to a smart watch and see my progress and get remiders
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Google translate or any good translation app. Ideally it should be built into the voice recoding app
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and yes I want chatGPT I feel those text focused voice controlled apps are really for the his device. As a tool and assistant and info center.
Like being in nature and spotting some plant. To be able to snap a pic and ask what plant and a bit more about it. Ideally presented both in text but also i voice. It works almost just be speaking with a digital assistant. No need for camera quality. I just want to doze off my curiosity so I can the continue my relaxed hype. But still have some info to pick up from later when I am in desktop mode.
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I’ve been using a dumb flip phone for over a year now, so I have a pretty good idea of what beneficial functionalities I’m missing and which ones would be a distraction. Looking at what the Mudita OS currently has to offer I would want:
- A simple, secure browser. Something not worth doom scrolling with but still allows for access to newsfeeds, confirmation links, and filling of basic forms (Dr’s visits).
- Basic email client. Email is not a distraction for me, and it comes in handy for 2A authentication, and barcodes for tickets.
- Bonus mention of a really simple 2bit drawing app to use with a stylus!
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- Signal
- Signal
Okay, but if Signal ends up being a given (please!), then:
- Signal
- A privacy focused, de-googled, de-appled, de-amazoned audiobook player, if such a thing exists. (And only because it’s already been promised that a Calibre compatible e-reader will be included to make use of the e-ink).
As an aside, if an email client must make its way onto the device, let it be Proton… but not asking for this or anything.
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Have you thought about using Signal? 
That’s my app of choice too and I strongly believe I will sideload that one only.
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Yeah I am not sure I will sideload anything, I do like the phone as is, but time will tell, if I do sideload anything it will be apps that are only tools
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@planted Look into the PocketBook as an independent e-reader device. I love mine because it is very disconnected and free from those megacorporations (even more free than Kobi).
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To help limit the use of my current phone (planned to use once per month for banking) I’m going to need:
- Email app: to check emails once per day (proton maill).
- Web-browser: for limited web access such as sutta central/dhamma talks (and emergencies).
Currently using brave browser as it blocks ads, clears cookies on exit and allows video/YouTube playback in the background, does anyone know if a de-googled alternative browser is available with these capabilities?
With metta
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I have BOTH Signal & WhatsApp on my Mudita Kompakt and they both work fine.
I tried calling, messaging, sending files & voice notes. All works.
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Thanks for sharing, I may need to follow suit as these are the only essentials I could need from day-to-day. I am a bit of a purist and would like to see Mudita develop their own solution for these encrypted messaging apps within their software however sideloading will do for now.
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IMO Signal is the best widespread secure messaging app, so the simplest take would be to create a fork of it. But then, Mudita user base might not be big unless there’s a way to interconnect Signal fork users with Signal users.
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