Francisco TolmaskyJul 5, 2024
I really hate the term “side-loading.” We shouldn’t need a word for the normal way we’ve been installing apps for the past 40 years. If tomorrow Apple decided they were going to start only letting you visit web pages they approved of, we wouldn’t call some sort of alternating system that let you see *the rest of the fucking internet* “side-paging”. We’d instead call the whole thing bullshit.
Show threadskybrianJul 5, 2024

@tolmasky Yeah, we should call it “malware loading.” :)

I can put up with jumping a hoop now and then if it means relatives need less tech support.

Show threadProfessor_StevensJul 5, 2024

@skybrian @tolmasky

Reasonable access for devs and safe operating modes for relatives are not mutually exclusive.

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@Professor_Stevens @tolmasky

Yes, I agree! It's a UI issue. For consumer devices, safe mode needs to be the default. On Android, enabling dev access is not discoverable by the curious but uninformed (at least, without doing an Internet search to learn the trick.) I could quibble a bit with how it's done, but in concept, it seems like a good thing.

Many consumer products are designed in a similar way.

Jul 5, 2024 at 9:23pmWeb
Show threadProfessor_StevensJul 5, 2024

@skybrian @tolmasky

Well, my only experience with this has been with the Quest 2, where the whole "side load" thing appears to be unsupported and does not work very well.