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What can I do? It's really annoying if you have a lot of apps and you have to confirm every installation manually... I'm using the newest LineageOS

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[–] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 1 points 4 hours ago

I use droidify and there was a permission it asked me for to be able to install apps in the background. It still sometimes gives me the pop-up but usually just installs the updates after clicking update (I don't like automatic updates).

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I think with automatic updates enabled, they seem to install automatically without confirmation. I usually wake up every few days to a notification that a few apps updated overnight.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Every now and then I'll need to confirm an update, but most happen unattended. I don't know why there's that discrepancy

[–] Metafalls_@beehaw.org 7 points 18 hours ago

I might misremember but I think it only happens if its the first update triggered by auto update. Once that's done, the future update for said app wouldnt ask for permission no more.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

It might be the F-droid client you are using doesn't support auto-updates?

I've personally switched to using Obtainium