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This still sucks for your usecase on F-Droid. If you look through the available updates and pick 10 to install, you have to click through 10 popups to allow the

This still sucks for your usecase on F-Droid. If you look through the available updates and pick 10 to install, you have to click through 10 popups to allow the installation, one for each update, waiting in between each for the previous update to finish before being able to approve the next.

toastal 5y ago
How many apps do you need installed (and why)? I feel like I'm a pretty heavy user, but if I forget to update for a week at most I have 6 apps to manually click through. It seems likes an insignificant gripe considering the other alternatives (Play Store, Amazon, Huawei, etc)
- freddie_mercury 5y ago
  These are the apps on my phone that have updated in the past 7 days: Subway/public transit app (see how much money I have left on the cards) Grab (an Uber competitor where I live) Facebook YouTube Google Google Maps A bank app Signal Google Calendar GMail Android Auto Agoda, a hotel booking app Dropbox Netflix Instagram AirBnB A second bank app A boardgame helper app Uber TripIt Microsoft ToDo Shopping app for the baby store we order diapers and formula from every few days Pocket Spotify Proton calendar Facebook Messenger Google Docs Google Photos Google Voice Google Sheets You Need A Budget Tiktok Shopee, an online shopping app I use nearly every day My country's covid vaccine tracking app Google Translate
  - toastal 5y ago
    From F-Droid? Are you not choosing Aurora store? (Yes, I know what those apps are, I'm in the same region and time zone as you)
    - freddie_mercury 5y ago
      Not from F-Droid. I was just replying to the parent's claim that normal people don't need a lot of apps. If I don't have a laptop or desktop, why wouldn't I have a lot of apps on my phone?
      - toastal 5y ago
        That wasn't what I was asking though... I was talking specifically about the number of apps through F-Droid. They don't seem to require updates every two days unlike the Grab superapp.
        eru 5y ago
        That limitation perhaps also drives the infrequent updates? In any case, it's fine for F-Droid to choose that behaviour, but then it limits itself to a niche of possible apps.

toastal 5y ago

How many apps do you need installed (and why)? I feel like I'm a pretty heavy user, but if I forget to update for a week at most I have 6 apps to manually click through. It seems likes an insignificant gripe considering the other alternatives (Play Store, Amazon, Huawei, etc)

freddie_mercury 5y ago
These are the apps on my phone that have updated in the past 7 days: Subway/public transit app (see how much money I have left on the cards) Grab (an Uber competitor where I live) Facebook YouTube Google Google Maps A bank app Signal Google Calendar GMail Android Auto Agoda, a hotel booking app Dropbox Netflix Instagram AirBnB A second bank app A boardgame helper app Uber TripIt Microsoft ToDo Shopping app for the baby store we order diapers and formula from every few days Pocket Spotify Proton calendar Facebook Messenger Google Docs Google Photos Google Voice Google Sheets You Need A Budget Tiktok Shopee, an online shopping app I use nearly every day My country's covid vaccine tracking app Google Translate
- toastal 5y ago
  From F-Droid? Are you not choosing Aurora store? (Yes, I know what those apps are, I'm in the same region and time zone as you)
  - freddie_mercury 5y ago
    Not from F-Droid. I was just replying to the parent's claim that normal people don't need a lot of apps. If I don't have a laptop or desktop, why wouldn't I have a lot of apps on my phone?
    - toastal 5y ago
      That wasn't what I was asking though... I was talking specifically about the number of apps through F-Droid. They don't seem to require updates every two days unlike the Grab superapp.
      - eru 5y ago
        That limitation perhaps also drives the infrequent updates? In any case, it's fine for F-Droid to choose that behaviour, but then it limits itself to a niche of possible apps.