• mayooooo@beehaw.org
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      11 months ago

      The worst thing in all of this is that we have terms like ‘sideloading’. The most american way of saying installation of what you want is not allowed. I sideloaded some shelves in my house without asking apple

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          11 months ago

          The whole vibe of ‘forever home’ and stuff like that, inventing a whole bullshit name for something that was completely normal one day ago - like installing software on your own devices.

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            11 months ago

            It’s a different method of installing software. You can install an app of your choice via another device rather than download only certified software from an app store… Different words for different methods… Also sideloading has been around as a term for a long as smartphones have existed

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              Also sideloading has been around as a term for a long as smartphones have existed

              What? Where did you get that from?

              If you take the iPhone as the first smartphone, those weren’t even supposed to have natively installed apps by third parties but just use websites for everything. You could install third party apps before that on symbian. You could always install apps on android. So no, the term neither has been around as long as smartphones nor is it ubiquitous.

              “Sideloading” is only relevant to Apple devices as no other platform is as locked down as ios, so the word isn’t even used outside that context. For other devices, you simply “install” applications. That’s it.

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              11 months ago

              Exactly my point. It’s a small computer you carry around and you sideload. I never sideloaded anything in my life, I just install things.