• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    9 months ago

    That’s a term to shame and discredit people and apps installed outside of the official stores.

    …where ever did you get that idea from?

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      9 months ago

      Because it isn’t real. You aren’t “sideloading”. You’re simply installing apps. You’re not doing anything different, other than using a source that the big company does not like.

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        9 months ago

        It needs a definition because it is a thing that happens though.

        You need to differentiate between installing from the app store and installing from other sources, you might not like the choice of word, but we need a word to define it.

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          9 months ago

          Yes but sideloading makes it sound like something dangerous to people that don’t know any better. This is by design.

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            9 months ago

            sideloading makes it sound like something dangerous

            …according to whom? Who came up with this? If they called it “dangerloading” I’d be all on your side.

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                9 months ago

                Again I ask, how? There’s absolutely nothing in the name to suggest it is “dangerous” or “bad”.

                Tech illiterate people will not understand it at all.

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                  9 months ago

                  Go ask your mom who had to deal with your limewire phase in high-school if you can “sideload” apps on her phone.

                  You want sources or something, what are you expecting dude?

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                    9 months ago

                    My Mom is far too old to know anything about Limewire.

                    what are you expecting dude?

                    Literally any sort of explanation why you think “sideload” = “dangerous”? Other than just repeating that it is over and over.