witch_t *navi1d ago
saying "sideloading programs" in a linux desktop context is wild, please fucking don't

there's not supposed to be one and only "official" loading, where everything else is "side" to it

it's called installing programs
Show thread🌸 Ⓐnarkitty lumi-nhac  1d ago
@navi the term "sideloading" implies there is some authority deciding which applications are good or bad

this is very dangerous, there should never be such an authority
Show threadnachtpfoetchen2️⃣
@lumi @navi i thought it was at the start the term for installing an application via adb instead of doing it via the android store or on device apk. And there it makes a lot of sense because usually the laptop is physically next to the phone and you are installing apps from the side.
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Show thread🌸 Ⓐnarkitty lumi-nhac  1d ago
@nachtpfoetchen @navi at first it was, but then it got morphed to fit the narrative of the tech industry

and it's now being used to justify there being some authority that will protect the users by stating whether an application is good or bad
Show thread2something1d ago
@lumi @[email protected] @nachtpfoetchen

The most absurd use I've seen is U.S.-based tech journalists who say it's "sideloading" for Chinese Android users to install apps from the non-Play app store that is the default on their phone. I.e. if you buy a Xiaomi phone in China and install apps from the Xiaomi app store, some U.S. journalists will call that "sideloading" because it's not from Google Play.
Show threadnachtpfoetchen2️⃣1d ago
@2something @lumi @navi so it‘s mainly managers and journalists using technical terms wrongly. So the terms loose their meaning or get ambiguous in their meaning, so people stop using them for technical descriptions and make up new terms until the cycle repeats.