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Am I the only one who doesn’t use automatic updates for apps? I like to read the change logs, both out of mild curiosity, and to know if an app has a “major UI update”
No! There are dozens of us! Dozens
But to be real, I hate how automatic updates just assumes the newer version will be better than the current. Enshittification is just as real in apps as in web services. And automatic updates help enable Enshittification by making that assumption. Of course, It’s more applicable to the app store or play store than to f-droid.
100% agree. I’ve always been shocked to see people claiming that automatic app updates are good for security. Having stuff being installed in the background on your device without your knowledge is good for security?
I understand the “we roll out an important security update and it quickly updates for all users” situation. However, I still want to chose what you install on my device. Look at what just happen with Simple Mobile Tools, how many unaware Google Play users now have spyware installed on their phones?
I think a pretty good solution for this, specific to mobile, is to require users to approve an update when permissions have changed. Most non technical users don’t understand old software can contain security issues, they purely view updates as new bells and whistles. If these apps are actually malicious, they aren’t going to include their new keylogger in the release notes nor release on fdroid. I think automatic updates for the predominantly non technical population is still safer.
Yay?
Damn right
I’m very happy!
Is there something I have to enable for it to work?
Just checked, it’s enabled for me by default.
That’s shit. I don’t want stuff installed on my phone without my knowledge
Haven’t tried it myself but https://f-droid.org/en/2024/02/01/twif.html has more details.
Obtanium supports f’droid so I’ve been using that, not for background updates but more so the fact that it actually notifies me if there is an update, F’droid app seems to notify me 1/3 of the time.
huh? fdroid has been doing this for me all along, is it just because i have the privileged extension?
Yes, but as the name says, privilege extension requires privileged access to the system, hence granting fdroid (much) more trust.
In recent android versions, background update is no longer a privileged permission, hence can be performed without privilege extension.
I’ve been using fdroid basic for this
That’s not what I wanted either. But that’s a good idea to have. What I want is, if, after reviewing the list of available updates, I click “update all”, I should not then have to click each one to “update” and then “install” one at a time. Also, I should have the choice to say “skip this version” and “don’t tell me about updates for that one ever again”
Thank god. Finally.
