Comment on Updates that don't tell me what is being updated
vodka@feddit.org 4 days ago
I 100% agree that proper changelog should be provided, but to defend devs a litte, the play store changelog character limit makes it almost useless for anything but very small changes.
Though doing funny haha in the changelog is so dumb, they should be like “this changelog field can’t handle the changes, please see the changelog inside the app”
please see the changelog inside the app
Is the hope that, after updating and checking the changelog and deciding that updating is NOT for you because of some idiotic breaking-change, you just hop in the time machine and prevent yourself from updating ?
The hope is that its at least better than nothing and at least available at all.
It’s especially better than the cringe attempts at being funny or cute.
I mean, realistically it’s not possible to keep using an older version anyway. After a month or two it might stop working due to backend changes, unless it’s truly an offline app like a calculator, then maybe it will only break after a longer period.
So your choice is update or uninstall.
AspieEgg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Could the Play Store changelog contain a link to the official changelog then?
vodka@feddit.org 3 days ago
No links allowed last time I checked.
kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
linphone does it and tumblr tells people to go to their dev blog where they talk about bug fixes, updates and issues they are aware of and fixing. I dont think the play store prohibits that.
vodka@feddit.org 3 days ago
Oh ok, I just know it was frowned upon before.