Comment on Google Play Store listing apps installed from F-Droid that it cannot update
mundane@feddit.nu 11 months ago
This is an f-droid problem. If they use the same package name, they need to use the same signature. That has been the case since long before f-droid existed.
They could just build apks with alternate package names and this wouldn’t be an issue.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 11 months ago
It’s no problem, since you don’t want 2 stores to update the same app.
mundane@feddit.nu 11 months ago
It’s a problem of trust. Differing signature is an indication of third party tampering. People shouldn’t start to see difference in signatures as an ordinary occurrence. It should be an high alert event.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Nope.
Often versions on Play Store are slightly different (telemetry). Sometimes they even have different versioning.
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Then, using a different package name should be a good solution, wouldn’t it?
Carighan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The they should rename the package? Either way, F-Droid is the problem here.