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by PaulWaldman 668 days ago
Not only sideloading, but there are actual Play Store alternativities already available for Android.
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jp191919 668 days ago
Play store also tries to, very annoyingly, update apps that weren't installed from play store
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lolinder 667 days ago
I'm a long time F-Droid user and have never seen this. Under what circumstances?
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jp191919 663 days ago
Installed Nextcloud from F-droid, Play store tries to update it. Nextcloud is also available on play store, and newer versions are available on play store before F-droid.
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noads111 666 days ago
This is probably when installing an APK of an app that is available on the play store, being the same app id play store will pick it up.

The main use case for doing this is probably revanced, especially for patches like reddit that don't change the app id.

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