Terence EdenA question for my #Android friends.
Did you know that you can turn off auto-update in the Google Play appstore?
It allows you to keep old versions if an update contains something you don't like.
How many apps do you have frozen in time?
Shaun McDonald@Edent I've got the auto update enabled as there aren't enough hours in the day with the amount of updates that come through. Also things often break if not on a recent version for many things.
Christian Lawson-Perfect@Edent I'd love this to be retrospective - there have been a few games that had surprise moves to a subscription model, and I'd like to still have the version I paid for that just let me play it
Orb 2069@christianp try using an apk extractor to back your apps up periodically - I recently had good luck with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ytheekshana.apkextractor
but there's several available.
but there's several available.
will-h@Edent I think I have none right now. The app usually stops working soon enough as they futz with their API layout.
Marcos Dione
Damian Mehers@Edent Yes I used it to turn off Duolingo updates after I saw their redesign but before the update hit my phone. Eventually I just bailed on it though (iOS and Android user)
Stefan Czerniawski@Edent I still have a Twitter app, though I hear there's been some rebranding since then.
DefectiveWings ✈️
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I hate how turning it off for one app seems to stop updates for all apps.
I hate how turning it off for one app seems to stop updates for all apps.
@DefectiveWings
I have auto-update off on several apps. The rest seem to update themselves just fine.
I have auto-update off on several apps. The rest seem to update themselves just fine.
IanCarpentry@Edent I do and highly recommend anyone else who uses a #libre also turns off the auto updates and does them manually. As a #t1d diabetic my phone is a medical device, taking and showing my blood glucose measurements from a sensor in my arm. Among other things, I keep control of when my phone updates both it's OS and this particular app. Waiting until it's known to be a stable version before taking the update.
The_Turtle_Moves@IanCarpentry @Edent how long is the wait though? Dexcom usually seems to be closer to two years than one behind on Android releases, and having my phone/medical device exposed to bored North Korean malware-writers seems bad too...
@IanCarpentry @Edent basically, I'd rather have the Dexcom app middling screwed up (which is the norm anyway, in my experience, those alarms are hilariously unreliable) but have my banking more secure than have Dexcom happy.
I will say, I feel somewhat better now the CGM talks directly to my pump without the phone in between, and I trust the omnipod guys to keep their stuff current and compatible, although I REALLY wish the pump wasn't hooked up the Internet...