• Takumidesh@lemmy.world
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    1 year 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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      1 year 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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        1 year 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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            1 year 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.

            • Grimy@lemmy.world
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              1 year 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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                1 year 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.

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                  1 year ago

                  Side loading makes it seems like it’s not going through the proper channels. You are loading it from the side while the play store is the right way.