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For anyone using any Simple Mobile Tools app be aware that they were sold few days ago (4th Dec 2023) to a very privacy unfriendly company:



https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/General-Discussion/issues/241



Is suggested to remove them or stop updating them.



BTW the company is an Israeli publisher that has all app on Play store serving ads and asking weekly fees to avoid them...



Someone has made an alternatives list:

https://libreddit.nullnet.services/r/SimpleMobileTools/comments/18929pq/simplemobiletools_was_sold_alternatives/



One of the dev of SMT has forked them: 

https://github.com/FossifyX



And another group of dev announced a fork too:

https://github.com/goastian