Brazil could be the next market to get iOS sideloading.
  • darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    29 days ago

    Why do people find it acceptable to use the bizarre word “sideloading” for the fundamental operation of “installing one’s own software on one’s own device”?

    • archchan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      29 days ago

      Corpo marketing to obfuscate the idea of installing software and nurture dependency to pre-installed proprietary repositories for an entire crowd of dependent non-tech savvy users that doesn’t know what an apk is probably.

      I avoid using the term unless I’m being cheeky about “sideloading” from Google Play.

    • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      28 days ago

      I mean, it’s the word I’ve heard used for this all my life, and it’s much shorter than “installing software without an app store”.

      It’s not bad journalism to use terms of art.