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Free as in Freedom Free Your Android! Not Free as in Free Beer About the FSFE This flyer was printed by the Free You don't have to pay for the apps from F-Droid. A lot Foundation Europe (FSFE), a non-profit organi- of applications from Play or Apple's sation dedicated to promoting Get a are also free of charge. However, Free Software is not and working to build a free digital society. about price, but liberty. Free App Store to software de- When you don't control a program, the program termines how we can take for Your Android controls you. Whoever controls the software therefore part in our society. There- controls you. fore, FSFE is dedicated to ensure equal access and For example, nobody is allowed to study how a non- participation in the - free app works and what it actually does on your mation age by fighting for phone. Sometimes it just doesn't do exactly what you digital freedom. want, but there are also apps that contain malicious features like leaking your without your knowledge. Nobody should ever be forced to use software that does not grant the freedoms to use, Running exclusively Free Software on your device puts study, share and improve the software. You you in full control. Even though you may not have the should have the right to shape as skills to directly exercise all of your freedom, you you see fit. benefit from a vibrant community that is enabled by freedom and uses it collaboratively. Like the Free Your Android campaign, our work is done by a community of people who are Consider showing your appreciation by paying app committed to these goals. If you would like to developers voluntarily. This way you also ensure that join and help us to achieve our goals, there are you are the customer and not the product. many ways to contribute: https://fsfe.org/contribute

What is Free Software? Support Our Work Use: Everybody is allowed to use the soft- Donations are critical to our strength and ware without restrictions as they please. 1 help us to act autonomously. You can Study: Everybody is allowed to inspect support our work by joining the Fellowship 2 and to adapt the software as needed. and enable us to continue fighting for software freedom wherever necessary: Get Free Apps Share: Everybody is allowed to help each https://fsfe.org/join 3 other by sharing copies of the software. - No Ads Get this and other leaflets from http://l.fsfe.org/order Improve: Everybody is encouraged to - No Spying 4 publish improved versions of the software, so that we all can benefit. Europe e.V. - No Tracking Only if we can really make use of all four offi[email protected] freedoms, it really is Free Software. - No Google Account

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V.i.S.d.P. Free Software Foundation Europe e.V., Bilker Allee 173, 40217 Düsseldorf, Deutschland F-Droid - A Free App Store Using F-Droid Twidere is the app you want to use if you are into with services like Status.Net At the top you can see three tabs: One for available or Twitter. apps, one for installed ones and one for possible up- AntennaPod lets you subscribe and listen to dates. Below there is an option to filter the displayed audio recordings from the internet so called apps by category. . When you click on an app, the screen on the right app- Slight Backup is a versatile backup app. It ears showing you a descrip- saves your short messages, call logs, settings, The logo of F-Droid contacts and much on your SD card. tion and several versions. The recommended version F-Droid is not the typical has a star behind it. Click- store where you buy some- Liberate Your Phone ing in the version line will thing. Instead, it is a cata- Even though Android is mostly Free Software, your An- download and install the logue (or repository) of Free droid device usually comes with and app. Software apps. You can eas- services that prevent you from using them in an inde- ily browse, search and in- pendent and autonomous way. Pressing the menu key or stall apps onto your device. depending on your device The F-Droid app also keeps Do you want a mobile device that does not spy on you? The main screen of F-Droid the menu button (top right track of updates for you. The FSFE's "Free Your Android" campaign collects in- corner) on an app screen formation about running an Android as gives you additional options free as possible and tries to coordinate the efforts in this such as the possibility to Installing F-Droid area: donate. Developers of free App details screen for Before you install F-Droid, apps also like to eat, so http://FreeYourAndroid.org please make sure that you please consider donating. have allowed the install- CyanogenMod runs on many devices also with- ation of non-market apps. out a Google account. Even though it is usually Some Available Apps more free than the software your device comes You can allow this in: with, freedom is not its main objective. More Settings → Security → Un- K-9 Mail is the best email app for Android. It and more non-free parts are added to it. known sources supports multiple accounts, folders and hun- dreds of other options such as encryption. Replicant does not compromise on freedom. After the F-Droid app was This is your best option, if you have a phone OsmAnd~ is like , but with downloaded, the screen on that can run without non-free drivers. the left appears to show you maps from OpenStreetMap and offline capa- the permissions F-Droid will bilities. So you can still have all your maps require and to ask for your even when you do not have internet access. Contribute to F-Droid confirmation. The permis- Liberario is a public transport assistant that sions are necessary for F- The F-Droid initiative is entirely developed and main- finds connections, nearby stations and de- Droid to work. L tained by volunteers. You can also contribute in a variety partures. It also supports favorites and maps. of ways: report problems, translate the F-Droid app, add FBreader is an e- reader. It also allows new apps to it or help with development. In order to install F-Droid use the QR- you to download from online libraries such as Gutenberg. Code on the left or enter the address The community is very friendly, welcoming, and appre- below in your browser. Xabber is like Google Talk or ICQ. It allows you ciates your contribution. Do not hesitate to get in touch. to chat with your friends, but still choose your More is available at: https://f-droid.org/FDroid.apk own chat service provider from a large select- ion of organisations and companies. https://f-droid.org/contribute