XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:04:04 -0000 (UTC), AJL wrote :   
      
      
   >>> >> Well - in that case this is irrelevant, since free apps can be   
   >>> >> downloaded again from the original source.   
   >>> >   
   >>> > you can only download   
   >>> > again, if the "original source" still exists!   
   >>>   
   >>> Which also applies to Android. So what?   
   >>   
   >>  Ah! You now resort to lying by omission? In the (big) part you   
   >>'conveniently' silently snipped, I specificall said (amongst others)   
   >>"That's why I save Android APKs ...".   
   >>  So in the iOS case,   
   >   
   >>if the original source does no longer exist,   
   >>you're out of luck, but in the Android case, you can install the app   
   >>from it's backed up APK.   
   >   
   > Sometimes I use an old backed up apk even when the Play Store and/or Amazon   
   >  Appstore still has the app available because I like the old version better.   
   >  Course I have to turn off the automatic app updates and do them manually, a   
   >  bit of a PITA but then I've got lots of free time...   
      
   How is it a "bit of a pita" when every APK you installed is always   
   automatically saved to your Windows PC (as Android is mounted as a drive)?   
     Android mnt as drive letter   
      
   All you do is select APKs in Windows File Explore GUI, and just slide them   
   over to the two-foot-tall Android image on the monitor to install them   
     Drag & drop APK to install   
      
   You can install a thousand APKs in a single action.   
      
        *How is drag-and-drop a PITA?*   
      
   Especially when the APKs are saved, hands off, totally automatically.   
      Windows Drive: === Android   
      
   Re-use of Android APKs is, I'd wager, the easiest of all platforms.   
      
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