"Sideload" is such a dumb name for what is just the act of installing apps of your own choosing.
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May as well call it "jayloading" ๐
Sidewalking
You're missing the point. It is "just" the act of downloading and installing, which were seen as normal things to do. However, by calling it "sideloading" they can then attach any meaning, any implication they wish. This is now something different and wierd, not something normal people do, does your mom sideload? I'm pretty sure the battle for control of your phone that you bought was lost as soon as we allowed them to call it sideloading.
I'm not missing any point at all, your post is in essential agreement with mine, lol.
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Literally why would I not just buy an iphone if google goes through with disabling sideloading
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Yes I call it side loading and I will continue to because its just what its called when you install through means outside of an official repo. using this term is not an acvnowledgement of any vind of illegitimacy of this process.
Indian accent: "Alright mam, when you install this app, I will contact you tomorrow and we can proceed with the transfer. For security reasons, don't tell anyone you received this call."
Right, the real solution is not letting old people answer phone calls anymore, I guess, lol.
Whats even better is that they usually just use team viewer for remote access, which is ON THE PLAY STORE
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"Sideloading" is anti-property-rights loaded language.
The correct term for installing something by means other than the Google-approved method is "installing normally."
It is the act of capitulating to Google's control, due to the incorrect belief that you need its permission to use your own property how you want, that needs a new term. So far all I've been able to come up with is "cuckloading," though I'm not happy with how sexism-adjacent it is and am open to suggestions.
Might be easier to come up with a specific name for installing something from Google. "Google loading" maybe.
The we just go back to "installing".
Walled-Garden-stalling?
"A googol steps to add an app"
Authoritarian-stall
Package Micromanager
Daddy Google's allowances
Controlware / Slaveware / Theirware
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The majority of people
Stop using such shit excuses. Keep Android Open!!
The majority of people have 2 arms. So why bother with prosthetics or research into biofeedback?
See, it's flawless logic /s
Also, it locks alternative sources to the Play Store out. How convenient, right?
grapheneOS wont be affected by this so, atleast we dont loose all hope
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I thought surely this was a joke. ... I thought.
Sent from GrapheneOS
Remind me why the fuck I removed Google Play Services from my Motorola here and replaced them with microG because of a maps app that needed it? Oh it's because of this.... Yeah. Lol.
Awww... Uncle Google just wants what's best for me! So what's the harm in getting into his van? What's the worst that could happen?
With arguments like those that person already seems like an astroturfer IMO. Also sideloading is the language corporations used to delegitimize decentralized app installation.
Are there any real statistics about the real number of scams deployed via "sideloading non verified apps?"
I do not know the number. But I don't think there are that many cases. Most scams I've seen have been via web or via a normal app downloaded on the appStore.
Scams require some level of idiocy, complacency or distractedness to pull off. If you're going out of your way to install non-standard apps you're likely paying enough attention not to fall for it.
If youre getting a mark to install something on their phone, you'd probably have just as much luck getting them to sent you a Western Union cheque.
"ThE mAjOrItY oF pEoPLe DoN't AxUaLlY nEeD sIdElOaDiNg"
Fucking bootlicker
Makes me think of this overgrown pinky toe.
And now we know this "reporter", Patrick Campanale, is a bootlicker
Let's not jump to conclusions! He just might really be this stupid to believe these claims.
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The classic "you are too dumb to choose" if only education was a thing...
We are at a time where governments and corporations actively dumb things down until they can make this excuse, instead of actually doing what is right for the people, which is investing in education and treating people as intelligent and autonomous beings.
Patrick Campanale, you're a spineless corporate shill and I hope one day, you will pay for that spinelessness
The problem is this is already being used to do political censorship so any restriction on what users can install on their device is harmful, because it's not just weird nerds but people need to use other apps like ice watch
Sideload deez nuts
As someone who replaces "core" apps with FOSS alternatives, the 24 hour wait is quite a punishment.
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I can get behind a delay to enable side loading and the warning screens are nothing to me since I can just click past them. Though the delay should be more like 30-60 minutes at the most.
The real problem is requiring devs (even outside of the play store) to identify themselves. That is ridiculous and does absolutely nothing to secure the device for the user. (It only secures it under Google for their interests)
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Everything on my grapheneOs is sideloaded,
Everything on my GrapheneOS is installed normally, by which I mean "however the fuck I want".
Fuck allowing the act of exercising your rights as the owner to be demonized with bullshit loaded language!
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The opinions of a christian youth pastor who loves claude code.
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