I just upgraded to the 2.0 alpha which uses unattended installation by default. However, it only works for Fdroid itself. All other apps are blocked at Prepare installation. My phone is running Chinese Moto rom. I believe it has some modifications and restrictions for that.
It would be nice to include a settings toggle to control the installation method, or at least download the apk files so I can install manually.
Another reason why F-Droid shouldn’t have tried to jump to version 2.0…There’s so much work that would have to be done. Instead of completely rewriting the entire thing, just work with what they already have, like Luanti is doing, and the same for NewPipe.
That’s a misunderstanding, only the UI/UX is changed, the way apps are installed is still controlled by your Android.
Is it an old app that can’t be autoupdated? Yes, you’ll get prompted in both 1.23.1 and 2.0-alpha1 (look at the app details, it will have a big banner saying as much)
You want to update an app installed by “the other” app? Yes, you’ll get prompted in both 1.23.1 and 2.0-alpha1
For this interaction, nothing has changed.
For some interactions, eg, install, you’ll get prompted in 2.0 BEFORE download even, so it’s even easier. But that still depends on your Android and not on F-Droid.
I still prefer the old UI. I don’t like UI changes, as FurAffinity’s dropping of their Classic UI cemented that, because I like old UIs more than modernized (And frequently Enshittified) UIs.
Sure, that’s what people said back in 2016 too, that why Droid-ify and Neostore exist now, because people like the old-old-UI and not the one you like.
But…
But what? You cut the response short.
…we need to rewrite, modernize stuff, etc no matter if a vocal minority applauds “old design”.
They can use it continously, they can use a fork, etc
But, Forks are not ideal, remember the FurAffinity situation? There are no forks at all for it because it’s an entire site, and its change is a form of Enshittification because it also added other bad changes when the Modern UI was developed. This is inevitable, F-Droid’s UI change is unfortunately another victim of potential Enshittification, because the changing UIs will begin alienating older users from the platform as a whole, and forks will suffer the same problem. The best thing to do, is scrap the UI concept, that way users won’t be alienated, or you can add a separate edition that doesn’t include the new UI.
Not all design you don’t like is enshittification, gtfo bruh…
Sheesh…I still don’t want the new UI though.