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minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoSo…a repo manager asks to notify you of updates, and check for them in the background…and that requires an essay long screed? FYI I have battery optimizations enabled, and notifications disabled. App works great. But whatever, I genuinely give no shits if you use it, or don’t.
minus-squaremetaldream@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoNeither of those permissions should be required for an app store. If someone wants to check for updates manually they should be able to do that.
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoRequired means not optional… which both are… Also, it’s not unusual for a repo manager to request the ability to check for background updates, or send notifications…which again, are both optional.
So…a repo manager asks to notify you of updates, and check for them in the background…and that requires an essay long screed?
FYI I have battery optimizations enabled, and notifications disabled. App works great.
But whatever, I genuinely give no shits if you use it, or don’t.
Neither of those permissions should be required for an app store. If someone wants to check for updates manually they should be able to do that.
Required means not optional… which both are…
Also, it’s not unusual for a repo manager to request the ability to check for background updates, or send notifications…which again, are both optional.