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Re:Android developers can now force app updates by jayd16 on Thursday May 16, 2019 @11:51AM (#19930097)
You'd probably give a nasty rating if you opened the app and everything was deprecated.

Whats the big deal exactly? Do you complain when a web page changes?

Re:Android developers can now force app updates by craftinator on Thursday May 16, 2019 @12:29PM (#19930433)
I like ownership of my phone and it's OS. I like control over what is on my phone. I pay attention to who develops the apps I use, and I read their changelogs after approving upgrades. I don't give nasty ratings to apps that I haven't updated, that job is on me, because it's my device. So no, I probably wouldn't do that.

I have complained at web page regressions, especially when they sacrifice usability for visual improvements, but only when I have some sort of stake in the page, such as paying for the service or being a long time user who has contributed consistently.

And the specific part that galls me about this feature, which will result in nastrygram ratings and comments stems from this new "feature": "Developers can force users to update, say with a full-screen blocking message, force-install the update in the background and restart the app when the download has completed or create their own custom update flows."

That is a hard no from me.

Re:Android developers can now force app updates by koala_man on Thursday May 16, 2019 @11:54AM (#19930129)
>Do you complain when a web page changes?

Given some of the responses to the Reddit and Slashdot redesigns...

Re:Android developers can now force app updates by JohnFen on Thursday May 16, 2019 @12:32PM (#19930458)
> Do you complain when a web page changes?

There is a universe of difference between an app and a web page.