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From: AJL <noemail@none.com>
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Subject: Re: A good thing or a bad thing
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 17:00:06 -0000 (UTC)
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On 4/9/25 8:35 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:

>> ...free apps can be
>> downloaded again from the original source.

>  I have no beef in this (non-)discussion, but you can only download
>again, if the "original source" still exists!
>
>  That's often - and probably even most of the time - the case for
>software downloaded from Apple's App Store. But in some cases, an app
>might be withdrawn from the App Store, which means it is no longer
>available for download/installation on a new device.

My problem in the (on-topic for this Android group) Play Store is not so
 much apps disappearing but rather the 'won't work on this device' label.
 And they won't even let me try. 

>  That *is* a difference with (free (as in no-cost)) Android apps and
>many free Windows software. That's why I save Android APKs 

Me too. I have a Groundhog newsreader installed on this Amazon Fire tablet
 from my APK collection and use it as a reader. Much easier to read with
 than the PhoNews reader. Unfortunately Groundhog can't transmit on later
 Android versions because part of the menu is missing so I have to revert to
 PhoNews if I want to say anything.

> and
>Windows install packages, in case I want/need to install them on a new
>device.  (Case in point: The *22 year old* Hamster news server which
>brings you this article! :-))

Gosh, I've made it over a week now without any Windows stuff in the house.
 Haven't missed it a bit...


[Apple wars/name calling/cross posting edited out. Well actually the cross
 posting was eliminated by a PhoNews newsreader bug. Or perhaps it's a
 feature more newsreaders need?]