So, after many months of Samsung's firmware updates, Galaxy Store and Play Store updates and changes, this just keeps happening over and over again. But every time this happened both stores had the exact same version number. If the Play Store had a newer version of the app I would understand it, and even then Google should do just like Samsung and actually ask if the user wanted to update it, not do it automatically. You need to click "Update" to update it manually, which gives users choice. Even if the Galaxy Store has an update for them, it says "cannot auto-update, the app was installed from the Play Store", which I think it's the correct and fair way to deal with apps from different sources. The Galaxy Store doesn't do this to Google Play apps. I feel like if Google eventually gets called out about this, they will just say "ooooohhh soooorrry it's just a bug" and get away with it. It only happens occasionally and not with all apps, which is probably why people aren't noticing this. Is this even legal? Google is literally switching Galaxy Store apps which give money to Samsung with their own versions which gives themselves money, without people or even Samsung noticing. Apps on Google Play Store don't have anything to do with Samsung and are forced to instead use the Galaxy Store's competitor Google's own APIs for in-app purchases which gives Google 15-30% of all purchases, instead of Samsung. Remember that apps on the Galaxy Store sometimes have benefits and partnerships with Samsung, and use Samsung's in-app purchases APIs that gives Samsung 30%. Sometimes it takes a while to show as an "update" on the play store, but it eventually does. I already noticed this with a lot of apps, this one is just an example. If you install any app/game from the Galaxy Store that is also available on the Play Store, for example the "Your Phone Companion" app from Microsoft on Galaxy Store, eventually the Play Store will show that that exact app has an update with no option to skip or hide it, just an "update now" button (even though they are on the exact same version in both stores and both are up-to-date), and even if you ignore it the Play Store will eventually automatically "update" it, effectively replacing the Galaxy Store version of the app with the Play Store one. I haven't seen anyone talking about this yet, and I don't know if this is a bug or something very serious and maybe even illegal, and I already waited some months and many updates since I noticed this so this doesn't seem like an "accidental" bug. I created this post exactly because I couldn't find any answers to this anywhere. This was just mostly a very big question that me and a lot of people here had and I am thankful for all the helpful answers and insights on this topic. This behavior still feels extremely anti-competitive though. So yea, Google (and others, Samsung too) is far from perfect in terms of abuse of power, but on this aspect I think everything is fine. If an app has a different build (for example it has different in-app purchases APIs) it will have a different package and signature, and Play Store won't even recognize it is installed, and won't touch it. I still feel like the Play Store should just ask like the Galaxy Store does, since Android knows the source from which any app was installed. This should only happen for apps that have the exact same build and signature on both stores (apps that are 1:1 clones on each store, devs submitted the exact same package for both stores). Other: If it doesn't fall in any of the other categories, post it here!įINAL EDIT: After a lot of discussion here and on r/Android, I'm stopping with this "almost conspiracy theory" and writing this edit on both posts: Seems like this is a non-issue, and it's "all working as expected".Tricks: Neat tricks or if you discover something that you want to share.Discussion: for discussion about Samsung or Samsung's products.Rumor: for rumors about Samsung or Samsung's products.News: for news about Samsung or Samsung's products.Link flair must be used (this prevents spam) No Offensive, Harassing or Inflammatory Language.No tech-support or “what should I buy” questions.No self-promotion (including referral links/codes).No posts that aren't directly related to Samsung.Posts must foster reasonable discussion.Join the official r/Samsung Discord Rules
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