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F-Droid now supports automatic background updates
(liliputing.com)
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this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2024
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According to the article, F-droid is using a library that isn't the latest, because it doesn't support "gentle updates" (updates that are heuristically scheduled to stay out of the way of the user).