<story><title>Total Commander forced to stop letting you install APKs</title><url>https://www.androidpolice.com/total-commander-apk-installation-block/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sam_lowry_</author><text>Its functionality is hindered by Google in that it can not download and install updates in background as Google Play does.&lt;p&gt;One has to root the phone and loose access to banking and SSO apps to get enough permissions for F-Droid.&lt;p&gt;EU anti-competition monkeys should have looked at that a long time ago.</text></item><item><author>branon</author><text>Alternative app that&amp;#x27;s not encumbered by the Play Store&amp;#x27;s rules: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;f-droid.org&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;packages&amp;#x2F;com.ghostsq.commander&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;f-droid.org&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;packages&amp;#x2F;com.ghostsq.commander&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tgsovlerkhgsel</author><text>According to &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.xda-developers.com&amp;#x2F;android-12-alternative-app-stores-update-apps-background&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.xda-developers.com&amp;#x2F;android-12-alternative-app-st...&lt;/a&gt;, it &lt;i&gt;could&lt;/i&gt; do it, it&amp;#x27;s just not implemented.&lt;p&gt;Given that trying to update a package from the notification just yields an error and this issue hasn&amp;#x27;t been fixed for 5 years (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;gitlab.com&amp;#x2F;fdroid&amp;#x2F;fdroidclient&amp;#x2F;-&amp;#x2F;issues&amp;#x2F;669&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;gitlab.com&amp;#x2F;fdroid&amp;#x2F;fdroidclient&amp;#x2F;-&amp;#x2F;issues&amp;#x2F;669&lt;/a&gt;) and the F-Droid repository is known to update so slowly that most devs recommend adding their direct channel, F-Droid doesn&amp;#x27;t really feel like a usable alternative.&lt;p&gt;I think unfortunately the best bet here is to wait for some commercial player to step in and make a decent alternative.</text></comment>
<story><title>Total Commander forced to stop letting you install APKs</title><url>https://www.androidpolice.com/total-commander-apk-installation-block/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sam_lowry_</author><text>Its functionality is hindered by Google in that it can not download and install updates in background as Google Play does.&lt;p&gt;One has to root the phone and loose access to banking and SSO apps to get enough permissions for F-Droid.&lt;p&gt;EU anti-competition monkeys should have looked at that a long time ago.</text></item><item><author>branon</author><text>Alternative app that&amp;#x27;s not encumbered by the Play Store&amp;#x27;s rules: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;f-droid.org&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;packages&amp;#x2F;com.ghostsq.commander&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;f-droid.org&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;packages&amp;#x2F;com.ghostsq.commander&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Freak_NL</author><text>Is this something that only happens with some banks? I have GrapheneOS on my Pixel 6 with F-droid, and the banking app of ABN AMRO from the Play store just works.</text></comment>