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It's not newspeak, we've been calling it sideloading since the 90s
by unrented7977 1mo ago
It's not newspeak, we've been calling it sideloading since the 90s
- roosterIllusi0n 1mo agoThat is untrue. It's called "installing" or just "running". Sideloading makes no sense if you describe normal installing that way. The side load is the app store.
- Grimblewald 1mo agoright but sideloading means installing outside the official channel. last i checked playstore was an option, not android official.
- hulitu 1mo ago> sideloading means installing outside the official channel On VMS ? Or plan9 ?
- Gormo 1mo agoGot any citations for that? The first time I personally ever encountered the term "sideload" was at a Microsoft developer demo for the upcoming Windows Phone around 2010, and another audience member raised his hand to ask what that term meant.
- btreecat 1mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideloading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideloading I don't remember calling it side loading when I had some of those earlier mp3 players but my experience wasn't universal.
- stuaxo 1mo agoNot for apps and games on most phones. I made these and we installed them as JARs or Whatever Symbian used.
- jdjfnfhfhtb 1mo agoNo, we called it installing software.
- jdjfnfhfhtb 1mo agoAnd also the phones people had in the early to mid 90's were analog bricks, with serious batteries. The smaller phones like nokias came 97 onward and were smaller.
- selfhoster11 1mo agoLol, no.