Posting here because the whole reason Compass exists lines up with why a lot of you are on Lemmy: no ads, no tracking, no account, no Big Tech middleman.
It’s a news aggregator that pulls public RSS/Atom feeds and opens articles in a built-in reader that strips out the scripts, ad slots and tracking pixels before rendering. Everything — your feeds, saved stories, settings — lives on your device. The app collects nothing.
Android, closed testing right now. If the ethos resonates and you’d like to test, DM me the email on your Play account and I’ll add you. Feedback from people who actually care about this stuff is worth more than a hundred casual installs.
No f-droid or apk if I don’t use play store?
Fair question! Right now it’s Play Store closed testing only, so no F-Droid or direct APK just yet. That’s purely a “still in testing” thing, not a permanent choice. Both are on my radar though: once it’s stable I’d like to offer a direct APK for folks who don’t do Play Store, and F-Droid is a natural fit given the app’s whole ethos (no ads, no trackers, nothing phoning home). F-Droid takes a bit more work — the build has to be fully open-source and reproducible — so it’s a “when I get there” rather than “next week,” but it’s genuinely the direction I want to go. If you’d rather wait for an APK than use the Play Store, totally understand — drop a follow and I’ll post when there’s one available. Appreciate you asking. 🧭