[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I watched the several hours long broadcast and Trump wasn't mentioned or shown a single time (if he was even there, I don't know).

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I like your ideas, they would be a better replacement than just "installing".

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

It is, but sadly I don't think Android Authority and other publications will be convinced. We should still try though.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

I said in my first comment it would have to be "installing from outside the Play store", otherwise it wouldn't have clear meaning.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah exactly, and we reached all the way back to my original comment: you can't just replace "sideloading" with "installing", without adding additional clarification.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I'd just call all of that "installing", "sideloading" doesn't really make sense here. Importantly you already specified how you installed in each case, so it's perfectly understandable whatever verb you use.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Correct, but what do you propose? In your terminology installing from the Play Store is "sideloading" and installing directly is "installing". But surely you agree that if an article was titled "Google makes installing apps on Android harder, but sideloading will be as smooth as before", everyone would understand the opposite of that.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yes that's what I'm saying, it's "installing" regardless of where you get the app, so if an article wants to talk about something concerning installing apps from outside the Play Store, they can't just say "installing". That would be incorrect if the things they talk about don't concern installing from the Play Store.

So you need a different description than just "installing".

E.g. in this example the article title couldn't be "installing changes are next", it would need to be something else.

"Installing" is not a drop-in replacement for "sideloading" without changing the meaning of what you say.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, but installing from the Play Store is also installing, and "sideloading" is shorter than "installing from outside the Play store", so I'm not sure this is a winnable fight.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 days ago

Nobody has anything against parents getting these benefits or is saying that they don't need them. What's the problem is that everyone should be getting them, parents or not.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

I'm more shocked he said "excuse me, I'm so sorry" afterwards. Are we sure that's the real Trump?

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 days ago

Legitimate criticism aside, I found it funny they underlined "receive data from internet" among the other scary permissions.

That's the one thing a news app presumably should be doing

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