• breakingcups@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Note that third party app stores like F-Droid still aren’t first-class citizens like Google Play, since every installation still needs to be confirmed by an os popup, they can’t automatically install updates on most phones.

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      9 months ago

      F-Droid can do unattended installs, you just need A13+ and the basic client.

      NOTE: The Basic version of F-Droid Client has a reduced feature set (e.g. no nearby share and no panic feature). It targets Android 13 and can do unattended updates without privileged extension or root.

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      9 months ago

      TBF if it wasn’t without a popup it would be insanely easy to install malware without the user knowing

      You even get that popup on windows when installing something.

      The only thing I see a problem with is that something like fdroid can’t be installed from the play store

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        9 months ago

        The thing is, Google Play doesn’t have that for each app it updates. If I can choose to trust Google Play, I should be able to choose to trust F-Droid in that regard.