<story><title>My favorite apps on F-Droid</title><url>http://quaap.com/D/use-fdroid</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>blfr</author><text>NewPipe: a YouTube client, as mentioned in the thread, that allows you to play videos in the background, in a small popout over something else, adjust the playback speed, and also download videos for later. Great for lectures.&lt;p&gt;AdAway: it makes the ads go away by adjusting your hosts file (may require root) so it works both for in-app ads and web ads. I first installed it out of spite when Google failed my LineageOS on SafetyNet and blocked Android Pay even though it wasn&amp;#x27;t rooted but it made using the system so much more enjoyable I would now root it regardless.&lt;p&gt;FBReader: a pretty decent ebook reader although the complexity makes it feel like a 2006 Linux app.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zizek23</author><text>Newpipe and Redreader for reddit are my 2 favourite apps on Fdroid. Amaze file manager is also pretty sleek for an Fdroid app. Dns66 is great for adblocking when you are not rooted. Termux is a must have for those who need a  terminal. Osm+ is a decent maps option and Mupdf is a fast and minimal reader for pdf files.&lt;p&gt;Fdroid is great for open source apps especially when you are trying to avoid shady behavior by apps, but since Android itself is full of shady behavior and dark patterns it&amp;#x27;s at best a bandage on a severely wounded patient.</text></comment>
<story><title>My favorite apps on F-Droid</title><url>http://quaap.com/D/use-fdroid</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>blfr</author><text>NewPipe: a YouTube client, as mentioned in the thread, that allows you to play videos in the background, in a small popout over something else, adjust the playback speed, and also download videos for later. Great for lectures.&lt;p&gt;AdAway: it makes the ads go away by adjusting your hosts file (may require root) so it works both for in-app ads and web ads. I first installed it out of spite when Google failed my LineageOS on SafetyNet and blocked Android Pay even though it wasn&amp;#x27;t rooted but it made using the system so much more enjoyable I would now root it regardless.&lt;p&gt;FBReader: a pretty decent ebook reader although the complexity makes it feel like a 2006 Linux app.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>avel</author><text>If you want easy system-wide ad-blocking without root, take a look into Blokada. Also in F-Droid. Implements a vpn through which the traffic is routed, and this way the DNS blacklists can be enforced. Note that, due to android limitations, you can only use only one vpn connection at a time.</text></comment>