It’s not as simple as telling people to use F-Droid. People with non-rooted phones won’t get automatic updates via F-Droid which is a big hurdle. Unless I’m misremembering? I wouldn’t know because I run CalyxOS.
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skip0110@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Just switch to the F-Droid version.
Better: make sure all the apps you use come from F-Droid
Gibibit@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
claymore@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
They added that a while ago for all users on Android 12 and up
exu@feditown.com 5 weeks ago
In the Basic version only, last time I checked the “original” F-Droid couldn’t do it. And there’s also some minimum API level an app has to target to be eligible for automatic updates (found that out through updating microg and having to click “update” still)
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
I have the regular F-droid and it does automatic updates now.
mp3@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
People with non-rooted phones won’t get automatic updates via F-Droid which is a big hurdle.
Not true if the app to update uses a high enough API version and if you use F-Droid Basic.
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.
idefix@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I have automatic upgrades on my non-rooted phone. I use droidify but i’m pretty sure the official F-droid client works the same way.
anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I get update notifications from f-droid but have to update inside the f-droid app.
cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I run CalyxOS and have automatic updates from F-Droid.
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
But it won’t work on your dad’s stock Samsung Galaxy, right?
Gibibit@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes, so do I. I phrased that a bit weird when I read it again 😅
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
My phone is not getting CalyxOS updates anymore. Gotta wipe it all and move to lineageos now. Man I hate mobile operating systems. I need good linux phones right now. Android can go to hell.
0x0@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Obtaniun > F-droid > Aurora
sommerset@thelemmy.club 5 weeks ago
What is the point of obtainium ? Over fdroid?
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You get apps a couple days earlier
But it comes with a huge downside: if dev goes rogue or gets hacked, you could install a malicious version of the app that doesn’t match the source
9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
“If dev goes rougue”
Isnt that a risk for all app stores?
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Obtainium is better, get the apps directly from the source
grue@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I actually like that the F-Droid maintainers check over the apps and warn about anti-features/stop offering new versions if they enshittify.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Their apps also cause tons of problems compared to the ones directly from the source
semperverus@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This is 100% untrue and you are making shit up.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Expand on this please. I am unfamiliar.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Its an open source software manager, you put in a source (like github) and it manages it (even doing auto updates).
Teknikal@eviltoast.org 5 weeks ago
I installed a few apps from F-Droid that the play store decided to just take over instead and updated them. I think antennapod and signal.
No way to stop it as far as I can tell.
Blip6338@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
This works very well for tech enthusiasts and people who self-host nextcloud at home.
The issue is when you are a government or university, it becomes harder to get all your users (which are probably not all tech savvy) to install a third party app store deal with the Android warnings about installing from third-parties, etc etc.
And this is probably the user base Google are targeting with this move (assuming it’s malicious) . When the higher ups complain that their files are not syncing and need to install things with a special procedure they sometimes wonder why they are not using M365 or Google which seems hassle free.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Not to mention the “see this big alert saying this isn’t safe? Well for this one time it /is/ safe so do so” While curbing the mentality of “oh it was safe last time so it must be safe this time”