Were you previously able to update apps you didn’t install from google play through google play lol?
I’m pretty sure not.
Was at least the case for the two apps I have installed that are also listed in the playstore.
Didn’t stop google from trying (and then failing, as some certificates didn’t match).
Recognizing that beforehand is actually an improved behaviour.
Kinda recent change but yeah you could get updates from google play after installing an apk. It was useless for me, as most my apps that i downloaded from intermet were either modded (stripped from ads, infinite money in games, etc.) or weren’t available in play store anyway(fdroid apps, self published apps)
If the package id and signature are still the same this used to be the case. But even back then, an F-droid release would usually at least have a different signature, maybe a different package id as well.
Were you previously able to update apps you didn’t install from google play through google play lol?
I’m pretty sure not.
Was at least the case for the two apps I have installed that are also listed in the playstore. Didn’t stop google from trying (and then failing, as some certificates didn’t match).
Recognizing that beforehand is actually an improved behaviour.
Kinda recent change but yeah you could get updates from google play after installing an apk. It was useless for me, as most my apps that i downloaded from intermet were either modded (stripped from ads, infinite money in games, etc.) or weren’t available in play store anyway(fdroid apps, self published apps)
Yes, sometimes. Some apps are in FOSS shops and in the google play store. And then it is still better to install them from Notgoogle.
For example Nextcloud, some browsers…
If the package id and signature are still the same this used to be the case. But even back then, an F-droid release would usually at least have a different signature, maybe a different package id as well.