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Play Store could soon handle updates for sideloaded apps (APK teardown) (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

If users wanted updates from Play Store, they would install the app from the Play Store.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

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.