• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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    12 days ago

    like “only update X when on WiFi”.

    Most Linux software only updates when the user tells the package manager to update it.>

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      12 days ago

      I think you’re misunderstanding it. Most mobile apps have sensible defaults regarding data and battery usage, for instance, not updating (their feeds/server status/whatever networked service the app uses) if not in WiFi.

      • AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip
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        11 days ago

        No, I think they understood. Android needs those settings because the process is automated. A Linux device would probably not automate updates like that and let users choose when to do so, which means they can just not do it until they get to WiFi.