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F-Droid now supports automatic background updates (liliputing.com)

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[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 51 points 7 months ago

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"

[-] centof@lemm.ee 32 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] gogosempai@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I used an app called Noice from F-Droid which has a lot of pleasant background noises (including white noises which I sometimes use while sleeping). One update, the author suddenly added internet permission, pulled out all the noise music files from the app and put them behind a server. Now it only works if you have an active internet connection OR you buy a premium.

Thankfully, I still have the last "good" version.

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