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Android is better, but far from acceptable. Alternative app stores cannot install and update apps in the background. Without root that is – which Google also fi

Android is better, but far from acceptable. Alternative app stores cannot install and update apps in the background. Without root that is – which Google also fights against.

nodamage 6y ago
To be honest, it seems like a really bad idea to give third-party app installers root access to your phone though...
- danielscrubs 6y ago
  You do it with Epic Game Store or Steam on Windows... why would it be any different here?
  - nodamage 6y ago
    As far as I am aware Steam does not need administrator privileges to install third-party games. I am not sure about Epic Game Store.
    - jonny_eh 6y ago
      Shouldn’t that be possible on Android too then?
      - anoncake 6y ago
        If Google would permit it, it would.
- anoncake 6y ago
  It's a bad idea to run software you don't trust, with or without root.
imtringued 6y ago
How is that far from acceptable? It's perfectly fine. This battle is not about who has the nicest store. It's about who has the right to a store at all.
- anoncake 6y ago
  If prompting the user for every package update and installation is perfectly fine, why doesn't the play store do it?