poVoq@slrpnk.net to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoF-Droid now supports automatic background updatesliliputing.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1402arrow-down12
arrow-up1400arrow-down1external-linkF-Droid now supports automatic background updatesliliputing.compoVoq@slrpnk.net to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agohuh? fdroid has been doing this for me all along, is it just because i have the privileged extension?
minus-squarebaseless_discourse@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-29 months agoYes, but as the name says, privilege extension requires privileged access to the system, hence granting fdroid (much) more trust. In recent android versions, background update is no longer a privileged permission, hence can be performed without privilege extension.
huh? fdroid has been doing this for me all along, is it just because i have the privileged extension?
Yes, but as the name says, privilege extension requires privileged access to the system, hence granting fdroid (much) more trust.
In recent android versions, background update is no longer a privileged permission, hence can be performed without privilege extension.