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F-Droid warns Google’s sideloading rules will kill the project & several open-source apps (alternativeto.net)
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[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 142 points 1 week ago

It’s called “installing”.

“Sideloading” is a term created by app store owners to frame installing software from outside their walled gardens as shady/illegal/questionable/problematic/whatever.

No-one would say, “I’m sideloading this application” when not using your distribution’s package manager on your desktop or laptop computer. Why call it sideloading when installing software on your pocket computer, then?

[-] Trill88@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

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