Re: A good thing or a bad thing

On 4/11/25 11:36 AM, Marion wrote:

On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:04:04 -0000 (UTC), AJL wrote :

Sometimes I use an old backed up apk even when the Play Store and/or Amazon
 Appstore still has the app available because I like the old version better.
 Course I have to turn off the automatic app updates and do them manually, a
 bit of a PITA but then I've got lots of free time...

How is it a "bit of a pita" when every APK you installed is always
automatically saved to your Windows PC (as Android is mounted as a drive)?
<https://i.postimg.cc/hjkVFyqJ/scrcpy07.jpg> Android mnt as drive letter

I think you misunderstood me. Let me give an example. I'm now posting using
 an Amazon Fire HD10 tablet. It came with the Amazon Appstore. I have since
 installed Google stuff on it and thus it also has the Play Store. Both
 stores came set to automatically update apps.
So when I install an old preferred apk version of a still available (in the
 stores) app on this tablet it wouldn't stay old long because one of the
 stores would automatically update it to the current version.
So I've turned off auto-updating in both stores. The PITA is that I now have
 to periodically check both stores and manually update the other apps that
 do need updates...

All you do is select APKs in Windows File Explore GUI, and just slide them

Perhaps you missed it but I announced here a few weeks ago that I had a
 religious experience and gave away all my Windows stuff. I am now going
 exclusively to the Google/Android church. I do get the shakes sometimes
 cause I do kinda miss the old TB newsreader. On the other hand PhoNew's one
 group only posting defect/feature keeps me safe and out of the group
 wars...

over to the two-foot-tall Android image on the monitor to install them
<https://i.postimg.cc/wvsbcNBz/scrcpy05.jpg> Drag & drop APK to install
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You can install a thousand APKs in a single action.
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    *How is drag-and-drop a PITA?*
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Especially when the APKs are saved, hands off, totally automatically.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/9FJMKYch/scrcpy21.jpg> Windows Drive: === Android
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Re-use of Android APKs is, I'd wager, the easiest of all platforms.