zaire the bored genderfucka reminder that the language you use matters and "sideloading" is a term made up by the enemy
it's called installing software
"sideloading" is digital "jaywalking". you're still just crossing the street but the corpos have made up a word to make you look bad for it
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Morgan ⚧️@rolenthedeep @soop looking at that article, to me it seems like the widely used meaning of "downloading an app from a website and then installing it as an app on your phone" doesn't even qualify as sideloading?
Michael T Babcock@raphaelmorgan @rolenthedeep @soop in its original meaning, no it wouldn't. I still use the term broadly because we write Android software for clients that we can't be bothered to try and distribute through official channels.
As much of a geek and historical cypherpunk as I am, I think walled gardens really do protect most people from their own ignorance and I see the value, so long as we can bypass them when desired (its like 2 clicks on Android).
As much of a geek and historical cypherpunk as I am, I think walled gardens really do protect most people from their own ignorance and I see the value, so long as we can bypass them when desired (its like 2 clicks on Android).
Alexandre B A Villares 🐍@mikebabcock @raphaelmorgan @rolenthedeep @soop will it still be 2 clicks after the proposed changes? Honest question
This looks like what Doctorow once called "the war on general computation" or something :(