AI frees bloated proprietary apps 0 ▲ Victor Kropp 1 hour ago · Tech · hide · 0 comments I wrote about personal apps earlier this year, and I continue creating smaller utilities that I always wanted to have, but never had enough time or desire to actually write by hand. But I’ve recently seen an influx of free open-source apps replacing first party vendor apps. Well, we’ve seen the same story before with alternative Twitter and Reddit clients, for example. I wonder how it turns out this time. DJI cameras Handheld and action DJI cameras are very popular (the newest models are sold out everywhere!). But their official app offer a miserable experience. Bloated with ads, slow, and with minimal features. OpenPocketCine So, there are two open source alternatives: Osmosis – a media downloader, and OpenPocketCine – a field monitor, which I tried. It is fast and slick. Logitech keyboards and mice Another well-known example of overcomplicated and unnecessary heavy software is the Logitech companion app. It never worth it to me to install this app to remap one or two buttons on my… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.