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> it's really sad that desktops can't provide an experience like mobile where updates are platform managed What do you mean? There's an App Store for Mac users
by biinjo 3y ago
> it's really sad that desktops can't provide an experience like mobile where updates are platform managed
What do you mean? There's an App Store for Mac users and there's the Windows Store for Windows users. I bet Linux has some similar offerings as well that I'm not aware of.
The services are there but developers have to jump through a bunch of (compliance) hoops (for good reasons) before they're accepted and it's easier to just let users download a ZIP from your landing page.
- Spivak 3y agoI would love if there was an "open" service that any app on the system could use to replace bespoke auto-updaters without having to be distributed via the store. Just like, "hi I'm $app, "run myapp.exe -check" to see if I have an update, and when either the user or the system decides to do the update run myapp.exe -update" And then it's up to the OS that has more complete information to make decisions on when (i.e. don't check for updates on power saving mode).
- gizmo686 3y agoThat still requires every app to have a bespoke updater. You just pushed the invocation to the OS. A better solution would be for the system package manager to allow programs to add their own update servers. Assuming the developers package their programs the same way the system does, this allows you to use the exact same update logic. Most linuxes allow this. Add a third party repository to you sources, and you can update their software with the rest of your system. Ideally, you would have a more locked down version, where you can restrict the permissions of a given repository; although I'm not aware of anyone that has done that yet
- bombolo 3y ago> I bet Linux has some similar offerings as well that I'm not aware of. For decades before there was an app store and a windows store, yes.