To TL;DR the discussion: Some Android manufacturers/carriers include a software package by a company called Digital Turbine, which allows automatic installation of apps through a single click on an ad. It’s not a feature of Android itself (I initially thought it was an add-on to instant apps).<p>It‘s not like I needed another reason to hate the common Android ecosystem, but here we go. I maintain that there’s no way you can legitimately trust your phone manufacturer’s software. The incentives are just too misaligned. You have to use a third-party ROM like LineageOS (which has its own issues).<p>Most hardware manufacturers can not be trusted with software at fucking all. Apple seems to be the only exception.<p>Hardware and software need to be distributed separately (see personal computers), which could also solve some issues with updates. Treble is a good but under-utilized step in between.