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From: Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Automatic android OS updates
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 15:21:01 +0100
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On 01/08/2024 13:11, Newyana2 wrote:
> On 8/1/2024 4:47 AM, Jeff Layman wrote:
> 
>>
>> I'm not sure where this leaves us. Why was one system app updated
>> automatically and the other one wasn't? Perhaps the Play Store update
>> was a security one and that overrode a "do not update automatically"
>> setting.
>>
> 
>     Google Play Store a system app? Why? Because it's Google?
> I keep it disabled, along with any other Google crap that I
> can disable. System updates will nag every time I start up
> the phone. I have to be careful not to let them run. Awhile back
> I accidentally let one run. I paid for it by now being pestered
> with endless popups: "You should enable this!" "You should
> enable that!"
> 
>      I think it's sort of like Windows system DLLs vs Microsoft
> Office or Copilot. The first is in a system update. The
> second is only MS programs that they're trying to push.
> Same with Google. They've thoroughly infested Android,
> but Android is not a Google app and Google apps are not
> Android.

Is there a definition for "System app"? FWIW, my Xiaomi has an option in 
"Settings" called "System app settings". Those listed are Recorder, 
Music, Call settings, Notes, Camera, Gallery, Security, System apps 
updater, and Xiaomi cloud. To me, only Security and Call settings should 
really be referred to as system apps. What have Music and Gallery got to 
with the the way that Android works? I was going on the 
support.google.com webpage being titled "Google System Release Notes". 
Also, MAM refers to both Google Play Store and Google Play Services as 
"System app". In contrast, for example, it refers to Brave and iPlayer 
as "User app".

-- 
Jeff