ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for userswww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square124linkfedilinkarrow-up1304
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minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago there shouldn’t be a distinction. There has to be. When 99% of installs come from one location, there needs to be a way to describe that other than “Installing apps from outside the default app store”. To make one is to support prejudice against installing software from elsewhere. No? It isn’t.
minus-squareVespair@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThe majority of PC game sales happen via steam but we don’t call games purchased from GOG “sideloaded.” There is no necessary reason to make the distinction
There has to be. When 99% of installs come from one location, there needs to be a way to describe that other than “Installing apps from outside the default app store”.
No? It isn’t.
The majority of PC game sales happen via steam but we don’t call games purchased from GOG “sideloaded.”
There is no necessary reason to make the distinction