• limerod@reddthat.comM
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    1 year ago

    Perhaps, he had that when Poweramp still had that permission. The app itself says Google removed that permission for play edition apps.

    • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
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      1 year ago

      Play Protect won’t take action on that, though. Installed apps will only get purged when Google actually detects a virus.

      I’m surprised the Poweramp dev still hasn’t updated their storage API calls, picking one or more directories to play content from has been the norm for two or three years now. I guess it’s a backwards compatibility thing for existing customers?

      I think Play Protect does sometimes throw a “installing whatsappro2022crackedbysteve.APK can be dangerous” prompt, but you can just click through that.