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iOS / Android both auto update apps these days.

• chii 7y ago
  and i'd turn that off, since auto-update allows apps to remove features that i may want to keep by using the old version.
  • jamil7 7y ago
    How is a PWA any better in that regard?
  • me551ah 7y ago
    Auto-update allows app developers to add new features and fix bugs. And these are much more likely reasons for an update than removing a feature.
    • chii 7y ago
      therefore, i have to spend time to read the update changelog, and make a decision to update. If it was possible to rollback, then i would be inclined to enable auto-update. Case in point - i used to really like the youtube app on android, but newer versions have usability issues, poor video playback on 2x speed (this didn't happen on an even older phone on the old version of the app). And i cannot get the old youtube app version, even if i try to factory reset (it's literally removed from the OS image when i updated android). It's these reasons, plus more, that i distrust auto-updating.
  • Fnoord 7y ago
    Like old uTorrent? Riddled with security issues? You're better off with the latest version, or with security backports (these are generally FOSS apps, or vendor supported proprietary software). If an application removes features you wish to keep, and there's an interest in such in the community, a fork generally happens (with FOSS). For proprietary software, there's something like OldVersion.com or APK Mirror. Either way, when developers don't listen to their users, it is time to quit being a user.