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      • Pantherina@feddit.de
        4·
        8 months ago

        F-Droid basic uses modern Android Libraries and modern Apps can be updated without interaction.

        Thats because Android has a Package manager that uses APKSigner signatures to verify the app. That is Private/Public Key authentication, so its pretty sure the App comes from the developers.

        Only if the Signature matches the App gets an Update. So there is no danger in using automatic updates.

        Making F-Droid Basic “battery unrestricted” will help.

          • Pantherina@feddit.de
            2·
            8 months ago

            Yes I hate the name. It makes no sense. I will do another post on multiple Platforms to advertise it.

            Yes the unattended upgrades only work on a modern store and modern apps. The original client is extremely outdated.

    • Jeknilah@monero.town
      5·
      8 months ago

      Yeah. I usually go to the Playstore to buy out all the In-App purchases and support development, but this is really discouraging.

      • Pantherina@feddit.de
        9·
        8 months ago

        True. But F-Droid has Donation links everywhere. I prefer that over buying, idk why.

        Oh, found out at least F-Droid Basic doesnt display the links! Thats not nice it has

        • Salix@sh.itjust.works
          8·
          8 months ago

          Less fees taken if you donate instead of buying most likely.

          Droidify shows the donation links fine, which is nice!

    • tom42@beehaw.org
      1·
      8 months ago

      I agree that F-Droid is great!

      What I usually do is to buy the pro version on Google Play and install it later on F-Droid.

      On the other hand I don’t see anything wrong for non tech people to install FOSS apps from the Play Store. The apps are still FOSS

      • Illecors@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        5·
        8 months ago

        Not exactly. When building for play store release - google injects their tracking into the binary.

        • Pantherina@feddit.de
          2·
          8 months ago

          I think this is a myth. Android Studio or something allows to build it in, but Google doesnt automatically do that. Afaik