Timeline for What is Google up to? Google Play Store updating apps even though auto-update is disabled
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| Jun 2, 2022 at 14:09 | comment | added | Amazon Dies In Darkness | @Robert I don't know the exact size of what is being pushed by Google, but given the time it takes to download each pseudo-update, I (roughly) estimate 1-4 megabytes per app. That's a very rough estimate based on the duration of each download given the network congestion at the time. | |
| Jun 1, 2022 at 23:08 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jun 1, 2022 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAndroid/status/1532059409458688000 | ||
| Jun 1, 2022 at 16:33 | comment | added | Esther | @Robert in these cases, nothing actually updates. You can compare the old APK and the new one using some diff tool, and the code is exactly the same. | |
| Jun 1, 2022 at 16:28 | comment | added | Robert | Have you see how large the updates were (bytes, kilobytes, megabytes?) | |
| Jun 1, 2022 at 15:41 | answer | added | Esther | timeline score: 35 | |
| Jun 1, 2022 at 15:26 | comment | added | Esther | Actually, apparently updates for bug fixes don't need a new version number, so possibly updates for newer "target API version" don't either. Also, according to this reddit thread, this has been going on for years | |
| Jun 1, 2022 at 15:14 | comment | added | Esther | There is a new updated Play Store policy about updating apps, see this article from Ars Technica. But if apps are scrambling to update because of this, they should have newer version numbers/last updated dates. | |
| Jun 1, 2022 at 15:08 | history | asked | Amazon Dies In Darkness | CC BY-SA 4.0 |