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mghackerladytoday at 1:57 PM5 repliesview on HN

I don't have a period, so I'm not the best person to do it, but there really needs to be a solid FOSS alternative to flo. If GNU had more women, it'd probably already exist


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culitoday at 3:46 PM

I did a quick review of what FOSS options are currently out there

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47936103

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TFNAtoday at 2:11 PM

A comparable FOSS app called Drip has been on F-Droid since forever.

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gabeyawtoday at 2:15 PM

https://www.my28x.com/ I recently heard a talk from this founder. It's free and local, but don't think it's OSS. They have a high ORCHA rating, but waiting to see if they keep their business model this way

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xorvoidtoday at 2:09 PM

I don't know how many more examples people need to see of big tech not respecting privacy... it's just becoming a farce now. Big tech tracking woman's cycles? Of course they are. (sigh) If this doesn't gross people out enough to seriously pursue alternatives, I literally don't know what will.