In the past, most software I used was paid and proprietary and would have some sort of limitation that I would try to get around by any means possible. Sometimes that would be resetting the clock on my computer, disabling the internet, and other times downloading a patch.
But in the past few years I’ve stopped using those things and have focused only on free and open source software (FOSS) to fulfill my needs. I hardly have to worry about privacy problems or trying to lock down a program that calls home. I might be missing out on some things that commercial software delivers, but I’m hardly aware of what they are anymore. It seems like the trend is for commercial software providers to migrate toward online or service models that have the company doing all the computing. I’m opposed to that, since they can take away your service at any time.
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A few I like:
StreetComplete, fun ‘mini game’ for helping fill out Open Street Map data
Hacki, hacker news reader
Mull, fork of Firefox with more privacy stuff enabled
Simple Gallery
Bitwarden
Simple SMS
Birday, birthday manager, nice for keeping track
VLC
Scrambled EXIF, gets rid of private EXIF data in your photos before sharing
Auto Auto-Rotate, enabled auto-rotate automatically in specific apps
Shelter, useful for setting up a work profile
StreetComplete looks like a nice bit of fun! Good way to get me out of the house.