Best Open Source Apps for iOS and iPadOS

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In today's video I will be showing you 3 great open source applications for iOS and iPadOS.
Before we move on, what exactly is open source?
Wikipedia defines open source as source code that is made freely available for modification and redistribution.
This basicaly means that we can get the source code off the developer's site and modify it to our likings.
Many people often relate open source with privacy. This may be true and not true in most cases.
The main reason I believe open source is associated with that is because people can see the code freely and track down
which line of code is sending user data back to specific servers.
Regardless, many developers especially those that are working in software companies like Microsoft do not disclose
source code of the applications they make, which increases the chances for these apps to have trackers in them, which
invade user's privacy.
As such, many people may want to transition over to open source applications to protect their privacy in today's world
Anyway, without fuurther ado, lets begin.

The first app that I want to show you is the Brave browser. This browser, like most other browsers are based on the
Chromium engine. However, Brave is open source. You can get the source code off of GitHub and modify or compile it to
your likings. The feature set is huge compared to the Safari browser that is built in to the device. The address bar
and tabs are still on the top, which may still be favoured by most people. The browser includes a built in adblocker
which blocks ads and trackers from invading your personal privacy. Not only that, this browser allows you to block
fingerprints from being sent to websites which is a huge plus. For those who used YouTube Vanced on a day-to-day basis
and somehow transitioned over to iOS, Brave includes two features called Brave Playlist and Enable Background Audio
that allows you to play videos and audio files from sites such as YouTube in the background and also offline. These are my favourite features of this browser as I do not have to worry about not being able to play audio in the
background while using other apps on iOS.

Next up is ProtonVPN. This is an open-source VPN service that allows you to connect to different VPN servers around the
world for free or for a fee. As ProtonVPN complies with Switzerland's laws in data privacy, it is a more private VPN
service compared to other services that may be based in different continents. The Free version allows you to connect
to servers in 3 countries, namely Japan, the United States and the Netherlands. The Paid version allows to connect to
more than 50 countries. In my opinion, the Free version is more than enough for those who only need to bypass local
restrictions for certain applications and websites.

The last on the list is OnlyOffice. OnlyOffice is an open source office suite that allows you to do many things
Microsoft Office can do without needing a Microsoft 365 subscription. It allows you to upload documents directly to the
cloud service that you want. This means that you are not tied to either iCloud or OneDrive for storing online files.
In terms of compatibility, OnlyOffice is highly compatible with Microsoft Office documents with at least 90 percent of
elements rendering properly with the rest being lack of features that are either not yet implemented or only
available in cloud, for example the Mail Merge features only works if you integrate OnlyOffice with Nextcloud or
ownCloud.

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Device used in this video: iPhone 8

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