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Re:Android developers can now force app updates by vanilla_nut on Thursday May 16, 2019 @12:47PM (#19930598)
Especially annoying when an update comes out that is known to have issues on your device and you'd like to avoid it until the issues clear up. For instance, I don't update my Macbook to the latest version of macOS immediately after the update comes out -- this is because I know there are likely to be bugs and I don't need to live on the bleeding edge most of the time.

Another example: venmo recently updated on my iPhone SE (very small 4" screen by modern standards). I can no longer send a payment request or pay a friend because the buttons for those options are literally displayed off screen. I can also no longer dismiss the "get the venmo card!" popup that appears a few times a day when I log in because, you guessed it, the dismiss/ok/cancel buttons are all rendered off-screen. I actually knew this was an issue prior to updating because of a friend, but auto-update pushed the new version to me before I could stop it and now I can't use venmo.

Software needs different release channels for different users. A lot of us would rather be on stable stuff than the bleeding edge. Of course, with modern alpha/beta testing techniques bugs are going to show up in most applications no matter what (looking at you, Spotify)... but it would at least help a little.

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