Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoIt’s extremely on topic for the thread you responded to.
Google has a concerted effort to make “sideloading” bad, so they can remove it without public backlash
The next comment in the chain mentioned how auto manufacturers did the same thing, villainizing people using public spaces by calling it “jaywalking” until it became illegal to walk on public roads
That was done to take public spaces away from pedestrians and give it to cars
This is being done to take software outside of Google Play away and give the only profit to google
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
The topic was how coining the term “jaywalking” “blames pedestrians”.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Which is why I linked two articles discussing the history of the term “jay” and how and why it was used to essentially mean “a stupid person”
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
You told me how it was used to mean “a stupid driver”. Seems like an accurate term to describe drivers and walkers alike doing stupid things, like walking into traffic. 🤷
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It wasn’t a word for crossing the street until Ford wanted to make it illegal to cross the street.
Maybe that’s the historical context you’re missing
ideonek@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I see your confusion. You are assessing it fro the rewlity when the project already succeed. You think: people who wonder on the street are to blame if they are hit. How term change it in anyway? Right? Streets are for cars. Obviously.
Buy before the campaing, the streets.actually belonged to the people and cars were exception. You had a shopping carts there, children plaing, cyklist and walkers. Cars were introduced, and the responsibility was on the driver to keep attention. When the increasing number of accidents start to generatete bad press and there was a risk that use of car will become highly regulated, they launched the the campaign with a besic premise "car exidents victims are simpletons that have only themselves to blaim".
Your confusions is a testimony to how well it worked.
sukhmel@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Sorry for the off-topic, but what’s with those weird typos? Are you also trying to ‘poison’ AI that will be trained on the comments?
ideonek@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Haha, no I'm just that bad at English and typing. And have trouble finding keyboard that works for me. Sorry for that.
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I have said absolutely nothing to give you that impression so I have to assume this is just an ad hominem in the absence of any legitimate explanation.
ideonek@piefed.social 3 weeks ago