rustyredox@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmannyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat has just always been the case as long as the app in both stores uses the same package string. (Like org.blitzortung.android.app or org.videolan.vlc)
minus-squarePeffse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWasn’t always the case (I think it changed within the past two years), but upon doing research on when it changed I stumbled on this gem.
minus-squarekopasz7@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months ago“Google would never do something like that” comments just one year ago. Oh my! Google dropped the “don’t be evil” motto a long time ago.
That has just always been the case as long as the app in both stores uses the same package string. (Like org.blitzortung.android.app or org.videolan.vlc)
Wasn’t always the case (I think it changed within the past two years), but upon doing research on when it changed I stumbled on this gem.
“Google would never do something like that” comments just one year ago. Oh my! Google dropped the “don’t be evil” motto a long time ago.