Essentially the apps have same package name but different signatures and the app store that installed it should be the only one to recognize and update it.
But Google is likely trying this dark pattern to sway people away from F-Droid or alt stores by making users uninstall these apps and install it from the Google Play Store.
It’s been going on for a while and is annoying af.
Stez827@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
It’s just cause it has the same package name and only checks the signature on attempt to install not cause Google has some alterior motive
pdxfed@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ulterior
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Interior
Stez827@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Thx lol my grammar is ass even though it’s the only language I speak haha
GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
And, F-Droid shows apps that were installed from the Play Store.
SaltySalamander@fedia.io 7 months ago
Because they both use the same package names...
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
It’s relatively new behaviour so they introduced it recently. And they need to fix it, but ignore it entirely…
mundane@feddit.nu 7 months ago
Mismatched signatures have been discouraged since day one of Android. A mismatched signature is a sign that some one other than the original publisher built this package, and the user needs to be aware that it might be malicious.
That F-Droid went with this setup with mismatched signatures was always going to make their apks look suspicious.
Norgur@fedia.io 7 months ago
Even if it's new behavior, there is really no reason to assume that this was done to evoke some dark pattern or other. It just shows that Google will not think about 3rd party stores when they do anything with their services and that is hardly news, is it? Besides: I kinda get it honestly. If they'd take all the stuff out there for android into account before they did anything, nothing would be done at all.
So the question becomes less why that's there, but more what stores like Samsung do to prevent this issue and if F-Droid can adapt the same behavior.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The ps has done this for many years, unfortunately
SaltySalamander@fedia.io 7 months ago
The, being F-Droid, need to fix this, yes. They really should.