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play store should probably run in the background as part of updating apps. What's _really_ wrong about it?
by tehlike 6y ago
play store should probably run in the background as part of updating apps. What's _really_ wrong about it?
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoAnimats is pointing out that Google has interfered with many apps from running in the background for performance reasons. But Google always special-cases their own apps and gives them extreme privileges on your device, because Google can do no wrong.
- jeffbee 6y agoIt's still a stupid take even after you restated it. The system has background processes. If it did not, nothing would work.
- Animats 6y agoAndroid (unlike IOS?) seems to have launch-on-push capabilities.[1] That's how updating presumably should be handled. The updater doesn't need to be alive in background when idle. [1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50368716/how-to-automatically-open-app-when-receive-push-notification https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50368716/how-to-automati...