Play Store could soon handle updates for sideloaded apps (APK teardown)
Play Store could soon handle updates for sideloaded apps (APK teardown)
Google is working on a change that may let users install updates for sideloaded apps right from the Play Store.
No, thanks. Here's an idea Google - how about you keep your greedy paws off the apps I install from different sources, since I have good reasons for doing so?
There's plenty of good reasons to transfer update ownership to the Play Store, too. Besides, it's optional. Options are a good thing to have.
If users wanted updates from Play Store, they would install the app from the Play Store.
There's plenty of good reasons to transfer update ownership to the Play Store, too.
I'm interested, can you give a few examples?
Besides, it's optional. Options are a good thing to have.
That's true, until it's not an option because a "bug" converts your apps to play store builds, and until this option gains a non-optional feature that nags you every x days to googlify your apps and expects that at some point you will either accept or misclick it. This is not something unheard of, play protect already does this.
There’s plenty of good reasons to transfer update ownership to the Play Store, too
Aside from self-hate or suicidal tendencies, I fail to see which.
Do they not already? I'm fucking tired of the Play Store "updating" the sideloaded version of the Kindle app (the one that comes from the Amazon App Store and lets you actually buy ebooks) to the version on Google Play (which only lets you read ebooks you bought outside the app).
Yeah, I just did it the other day.
If I didn't want it to, I'd just turn off automatic updates for that app.
Does the update fail?
You should get a message that you can't install it and to try again.
What's Play Store?
Oh yeah, that stuff I access with Aurora because it can't run on my deGoogled cellphone...