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Cake day: July 21st, 2023

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  • 100% agree. I’ve always been shocked to see people claiming that automatic app updates are good for security. Having stuff being installed in the background on your device without your knowledge is good for security?

    I understand the “we roll out an important security update and it quickly updates for all users” situation. However, I still want to chose what you install on my device. Look at what just happen with Simple Mobile Tools, how many unaware Google Play users now have spyware installed on their phones?


  • I’ve made a habit of opening GitHub issues asking for a changelog on those apps that I use that don’t provide one. Most developers are open and helpful, some are not.

    The worst experience so far was with Wikipedia, they provide poor update information (usual “we update our app regularly to being you improvements”) and replied weeks later with “that’s what most apps do”.