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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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It’s a different method of installing software. You can install an app of your choice via another device rather than download only certified software from an app store… Different words for different methods… Also sideloading has been around as a term for a long as smartphones have existed
Exactly my point. It’s a small computer you carry around and you sideload. I never sideloaded anything in my life, I just install things.
What? Where did you get that from?
If you take the iPhone as the first smartphone, those weren’t even supposed to have natively installed apps by third parties but just use websites for everything. You could install third party apps before that on symbian. You could always install apps on android. So no, the term neither has been around as long as smartphones nor is it ubiquitous.
“Sideloading” is only relevant to Apple devices as no other platform is as locked down as ios, so the word isn’t even used outside that context. For other devices, you simply “install” applications. That’s it.