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Using terms like sideloading is precisely why the vast majority of the public doesn't give a damn about this issue.Free 'social experiment' idea: ask everyone w
by sebow 5y ago
Using terms like sideloading is precisely why the vast majority of the public doesn't give a damn about this issue.Free 'social experiment' idea: ask everyone who was a smartphone what is sideloading, what is installing, what's the difference and what's common.
Altering our language to appease companies and somehow pretend like sideloading means something different than installing is why we're losing, precisely because it's a tactic to erase correlation of the word and the meaning.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 5y agoAs part of the general public I feel the same way about these made-up terms. However, I believe if there is an increase in litigation, as a result of new "anti-tech" laws, that is allowed to proceed through to discovery, then lawyers will cut through the BS. The made-up terms will be translated to "plain English" that the general population, including judges, can understand. It is part of the job. There is an old theory that settlement may actually be averse to justice. In the case of "tech" companies and their nefarious practices, questions have been allowed to remain unanswered and issues to remain unresolved for the general public. This has been going on for a very long time. Uncertainty has been allowed to persist for decades. Who benefits from that uncertainty.