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there's just this vague recommendation to "turn it off in settings." no link, no toggle, nothing.

had to hunt for the relevant setting in the app(even their settings menu is down under in the list when you tap on your avatar.


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a screenshot of Google play store which has a popup that can only be disabled by pressing OK button at the bottom.
the popup contains the following text:

Google is optimising app installs with your help
Google Play makes apps faster to install, open and run based on what people are using most. The first time that you open an app after installing, Google notes which parts of the app you use. When enough people do this, your apps will install faster. App install optimisation is automatically turned on, but you can turn it off in settings. Learn more

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[–] manucode@infosec.pub 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I could neither find any such setting nor did I ever get such a notification. Could you tell me where you found the relevant setting?

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I remember seeing this popup but cant find anything in settings

[–] trainden@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's in Settings > General > App install optimisation. The last item in the list.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

There is no such option for me. I guess its not aviliable

[–] doc@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah there is no such option for me. This might be some feature not released yet for everyone idk

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's in the settings of the Play Store app itself, not a setting in Android. That threw me off at first.

Turns out I already had it disabled, thankfully.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

I know... But still that option wasnt there for me

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 0 points 11 months ago

Found it and turned it off. Thanks

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not all devices are supported. Building a list of what code is actually run is going to be device dependent, so it only handles popular configurations.

Or, it could be that you're running an older version of the play store, or maybe there's some other reason that it's not using this feature that I don't know about.