can@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-24 months agoSide rulingsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareben@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIt’s still just installing software I’m not sideloading an app onto my desktop when I download an appx file from GitHub to install something instead of using the windows store, having a special term for installing an apk file outside the play store just obscures what’s happening
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoExactly. I’m not “sideloading” anything when I use brew on the Mac or when I use docker on Linux. The term sideloading started being used with the first iPhones, when people used to jailbreak them and “side-loaded” apps.
It’s still just installing software
I’m not sideloading an app onto my desktop when I download an appx file from GitHub to install something instead of using the windows store, having a special term for installing an apk file outside the play store just obscures what’s happening
Exactly. I’m not “sideloading” anything when I use brew on the Mac or when I use docker on Linux.
The term sideloading started being used with the first iPhones, when people used to jailbreak them and “side-loaded” apps.