I think what people upthread are talking about is allowing third-party stores (like F-Droid) to do unattended updates. That has not been possible until recentl

I think what people upthread are talking about is allowing third-party stores (like F-Droid) to do unattended updates. That has not been possible until recently. Up until Android 12 or so (possibly later), I had to manually approve it any time F-Droid wanted to update an app I'd installed through F-Droid itself. Unlike with apps installed via the Play Store, which can update them without needing my manual approval.