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Side-loaded stores can't auto-update apps. You have to confirm each app every time. It's unacceptable UX for a typical user.

• toastal 6y ago
  We’re going down the rabbit hole but a user can install Aurora Services to get background installs in conjunction with Aurora Store. Currently I would assume the same users that are using alt stores probably have root access to install. Similarly one can flash F-Droid’s privileged extension. https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraService https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraService https://gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension https://gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension
  • whimsicalism 6y ago
    Oh yeah, but there are “no barriers” to using alternative app marketplaces and Google totally isn’t collecting a rent exactly like Apple. /s No chance in hell the average consumer is doing this, so they are effectively locked in.
• grogenaut 6y ago
  both owning a phone and having worked on large scale apps, users couldn't get an eff about updating apps and are in fact annoyed by it.
  • hrktb 6y ago
    They’re more annoyed by persisting bugs and apps that stop working altogether though. Autoupdating is the way to go for most users IMO.
• rakoo 6y ago
  That's a small price to pay for not being beholden to the decisions of an almost trillion-dollar company from a foreign country.