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False dilemma. Google does not restrict one from sideloading another app store of choice. One can install FDroid, Humble Bundle, Epic Store, etc... So whether
by techrat 5y ago
False dilemma.
Google does not restrict one from sideloading another app store of choice. One can install FDroid, Humble Bundle, Epic Store, etc... So whether or not one is aware of a choice doesn't mean you can use the hypothetical of "no option to choose on first boot" as a loophole for violating the TOS of a different service.
- robert_foss 5y agoOne can if one knows alternative stores exist. What I'd like to see is the solution Microsoft was forced to implement w/r to giving users a choice about browsers.
- Sebb767 5y agoThat would actually be a really good solution
- literallycancer 5y agoYou need root to get the same background update functionality in FDroid though. Otherwise you have to click install for each update.
- techrat 5y agoIf you're able to sideload Fdroid, I think clicking to update ranks among the least difficult things you can do.
- anonymousab 5y agoI have found that f-droid click updates are very finicky and unreliable. They eventually work, but failed updates and repeat and phantom update notifications are the norm. It's fine for me but I don't think the average consumer would ever tolerate it.
- crtasm 5y agoDifficulty isn't the issue - for every app that has an update you have to click it, then approve the install. On my phone there's a significant wait inbetween each step. It's a hassle. I wouldn't turn on automatic updates anyway but I'd love to be able to select multiple items and give a single confirmation to update.
- hobs 5y agoAnd that wasnt a good enough argument for microsoft bundling internet explorer and they got the anti-trust hammer on their asses.