Mildly Infuriating

This happens when the developers are incompetent. The app should probably be avoided as the people making it have no clue what they are doing.

I think a lot of times they don’t want you to know what’s been updated. For instance, pointing out all the bugs you’re fixing might make your app look like it’s always full of bugs. Or the security fix might draw attention to issues that exist for currently outdated apps.

Not saying it’s a good reason, but maybe that’s their thought process.

It least Instagram straight up doesn't give a changelog, rather than letting you read dumb exposition that tells you nothing. (Thats still crap tho)

That sucks

I just want the changelog....

I am sure you can automate that in your ci cd thingy

That's been a joke in the Playstation community for years now:

"Stability Improvements."

Well, shit, we must have the most stable system in the universe at this point...

Pumpkins and... hay...?

Also fuck all these ads reminding me its going to be cold soon.

Also happens with some apps on fdroid. "Update available" - click to see, nothing there

Change long Probably be like

-- Fixed typo that corrupted the database

-- Fixed hardcoded credentials

Because there's a very strict character limit on the Google Play store side for update messages. So if it's a bigger update, all I can do is put a summary of the changelog there.

The first one is cute one time. When it starts to become a pattern, it’s laziness. Especially when it’s copypasta, which it usually is.

Whats New in this Textra update?

• Bug fixes

• Improvements

Slack does this all the time.

Change logs are kinda hard to do in a CI/CD environment because of the way that development style works.

It's actually pretty challenging in general. Not sure you've ever built a change log before but it's a pretty interesting exercise thats easier said then done. Even open source logs just copy paste the commit log which can be not all that helpful.

"Mariah thawing"

That's grim

Every single google made app does this, why would anyone else do anything different if the creators aren't willing to put In the effort either?

Welcome, your Ford Pinto is fully up to date!

That looks so much better than having only “General fixes and improvements”

In general, I agree, though. Quite regularly I would prefer better update notes, release notes, etc.

Wish we could upload videos, I recorded this exact same issue a few days ago with Spotify. I use a modded Spotify and curious to the updates. Thus I checked their App Store and this what’s been spammed on their App Store page;

“We are continuously busy making Spotify much better! Don’t want to miss anything? Make sure you have automatic updates on!”

A developer here, I usually list user - facing changes in the Changelog.

Even if the changes are not listed, general "bug fixes and performance improvements" is a worthwhile update too. These updates can contain fixes to annoying UX glitches, or really speed up the app, if a new faster API endpoint was added to the backend, and app change is needed to make use of it. You will also get security updates, to the app and its bundled libraries which is important nowadays.

I always just blame Dave and his bugs.

...and you should thank them for it. you ingrates! Because, after all they have been granting you the undecieved privilege of deciding for yourselves what software to install for too long. We should all thank Google for taking that burden away from us, soon, as well as Apple who never granted anything to anyone. Not for free, that is, and not much anyway.