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I has come to my attention that some users have never heard of F-droid. F-droid is a free software app store for android (f-droid.org)

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[–] digger@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh for sure! Droid-ify offers a few different installation methods. The Legacy and Session install options are what you are used to. With those methods, you are prompted to download and install with each update.

With the Root install method, updates can be downloaded and installed in the background using root privileges. Lastly, and I think most intriguing, is using Shizuku. Shizuku is a utility that will give you close to root access using ADB. See link for details. So, with the Shizuku install methods, Droid-ify can keep all your F-Droid apps up to date with little intervention from the user.

Footnote: Because Shizuku leverages ADB, it needs to be started manually after each reboot.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s awesome! Looks like there’s been progress while I was not looking.

What do you think, is it now a viable option do daily drive a completely de-googled phone?

[–] digger@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

It's a lot more feasible than it used to be. I also use Aurora Store to fill in the gaps.

[–] LoveSausage@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I use neo store it's native non root installer (usually) manage to do one click install all updates.