No. But you can use it to find interesting apps, and then use either F-Droid/Droid-ify to search the app name and install it, or by copying the URL for the GitHub/Gitlab repo linked on OpenAPK for an app into Obtainium. That way you’ll get updates.

It uses FDroid and GitHub as sources

https://www.openapk.net/faq

Nice for discovery, but I’d still recommend actually installing the apps using either F-Droid/Droid-ify, or by adding the GitHub/Gitlab repo linked on OpenAPK for an app to Obtainium. That way you’ll get updates.

Don’t need something the size of AWS these days. I ran one on my PC last week. But yeah, you’re right otherwise.

Nah, for system stuff that updates via Google Play, it’s always been like that. Like Android System Webview for example, if you search Google Play for it you only see the Beta and Developer versions of it. You need a direct link to see the default one included with modern Android.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.webview

By upgrade, do you mean OS upgrade?

I’ve never had an app frozen through ADB get auto-updated by the Play Store or Google Services and get re-enabled because of it. An app with an update available will even disappear from the Update list if disabled, and in order to update it you have to enable it first.

You can’t search for it. You have to open a direct link.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.safetycore

Using ADB:

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.safetycore 

If you have Shizuku and aShell/ShizuShell installed, then just run this command in aShell:

pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.safetycore 

Alternatively, for a GUI method, setup Shizuku and then use an app like Hail or Ice Box

You can freeze using ADB/Shizuku as well. No root needed.