Google is working on adding a new feature to the Play Store that will open apps automatically after they are installed.
  • @db2English
    47•5 months ago

    I don’t want this any more than I wanted apps piled on to my home screen.

    • @[email protected]English
      21•5 months ago

      Yeah, this is just trading the possible need to open after installing for needing to close the app I wanted to use later. I see it as trading one click for two swipes.

    • a lil bee 🐝English
      9•5 months ago

      Do you say this about all QoL updates? I’m not going to use this and also think Google sucks in general, but this is such a benign, optional little feature for people who might find it more convenient. Isn’t that what development should be all about?

  • joewilliams007
    11•5 months ago

    then they will start downloading new apps that you might be interested in automatically

  • @[email protected]English
    7•5 months ago

    I’m not sure why these comments are so negative so far. If I’m understanding the article correctly, it is an optional setting to automatically open the app as soon as it is done installing. The Play Store isn’t just installing and opening apps on its own.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•5 months ago

      Just like auto updates is a feature I turn off, and yet I still get automatic app updates (and I set all network use options to “ask”, and it never does).

      I’ve had the same problem across multiple phones since about 2015.

    • wiaEnglish
      3•5 months ago

      It’s the Internet… Everything new is bad.

  • cloudless
    0•5 months ago

    What’s next? Gemini going to buy apps for me without extra taps?