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I agree with you, but can we stop calling installing software on the hardware you own "sideloading"?

• VladVladikoff 1y ago
  Yeah, we should just ironically lean into it even harder and call it “backdooring”. Jokes aside, when has pandering to people to change the status quo of colloquial word use ever worked?
  • fearless1ron 1y ago
    Well, obviously changing "installing software" to "sideloading" worked somehow.
    • ndkap 1y ago
      It could be called "liberty-loading". You are at liberty to load/install software from anywhere
      • xyzzy3000 1y ago
        "free-loading"
    • esseph 1y ago
      25+ years and it's a bit of variation on the term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideloading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideloading
  • lukeschlather 1y ago
    I don't change my use of such words for other people, I do it mostly to change my own thinking. If others want to join me and also change their thinking that's also good.
  • permo-w 1y ago
    "queer"?
• burnt-resistor 1y ago
  Offline installation.
• danielinoa 1y ago
  It's called "sideloading" because you're sneakily installing software without the manufacturer's consent. Remember it's never your device, you just have permission to use it.
  • deleted 1y ago
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• kood 1y ago
  I think "sideloading" is a completely ok term. it says what it is,, you load an app, not with the intended method (appstores) but from an alternative source, aside the official store. not a native English speaker, so I might not fully understand the possible connotations with this particular word, but I do not personally see anything wrong with it.