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[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 months ago

That's cool. Now, when something like that comes to fdroid, I will be using it. Fuck google

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 2 months ago

im not so sure about fdroid long term

[-] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

I've been leaning more and more towards using fdroid just to find apps and then using Obtainium to install them directly from source.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

Same. I'm using Obtanium anyway for things that are github-only, no real need to have the clunky fdroid client installed as well.

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Hell, it's the only App Store I will even touch.

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 2 months ago

Not saying its worse but I recall seeing an article about some change in policy with it but honestly I can't find it now. Maybe it was fud.

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

I think I remember something about that, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. I feel like whatever it was, it was rather recent, though.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 8 points 2 months ago

way to built up a cliff hanger

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago
[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 months ago

did you read the other replies? nothing much but a bit back there was some article about changes in terms of paid for stuff. I can't find it now though so not sure how real it was.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

im not against paid for stuff per se

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 months ago

yeah I don't really have enough details to be sure but like everything I like to have a backup plan.

[-] cleverusername@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago

Wow, amazing, so convenient Google... Now return the search to main screen; dickheads!

[-] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Not sure if its an an test that I'm in, but search is now its own tab on the bottom available from all screens.

[-] cleverusername@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

Yeah, and it's stupid, just added unnecessary click for no gain.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

What's the point? Updating four apps four times as slowly simultaneously is the same as updating four apps at four times the speed consecutively, and you would have the same internet speed either way.

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 months ago

In my experience (not in Android apps but in Arch Linux updates) parallel downloads are almost always waaay faster. Magnitudes faster. Using multiple cores? Is it the bottleneck actually enforced by the server? I don't know, I just know it works.

And if they did it, it's because it works on Android too.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago

I can update infinite packages at the same time in pacman tho 😎

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

Do I have to decline providing a method of payment 4 times for free apps, or just the once?

[-] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Mine only seems to do 3 at a time.

[-] ByteMe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That's the limit

[-] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

HOLY FUCK THIS IS AMAZING!

Tap for spoilerI'll never use this. Who the fuck does need this? I download a new app maybe once every 6 months.

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

For updates? It works for updates too. I hope you're updating apps more than every 6 months for security reasons.

[-] Paradoxvoid@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago

This is useful for updates so you're not bottlenecked as much (if you don't have automatic background updates set up).

[-] ByteMe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Like they ever work xd

this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2024
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