rustyredox@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmannyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up14file-text
arrow-up14external-linkGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmannyoutube.comrustyredox@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePeffse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’m pretty sure that was implemented a while ago. My install of VLC from F-Droid started showing up in Play Store’s update list. It couldn’t update since the signature didn’t match, but Google knew about it and included it anyway.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat has just always been the case as long as the app in both stores uses the same package string. (Like org.blitzortung.android.app or org.videolan.vlc)
I’m pretty sure that was implemented a while ago. My install of VLC from F-Droid started showing up in Play Store’s update list.
It couldn’t update since the signature didn’t match, but Google knew about it and included it anyway.
That has just always been the case as long as the app in both stores uses the same package string. (Like org.blitzortung.android.app or org.videolan.vlc)