Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoWhich 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
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I’m not missing any historical context. What I’m missing is how the term is inaccurate.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you actually care, you can start with things like “walkable cities,” look at city planning before Ford made it illegal, look into how NYC has made it no longer a crime, etc.
It doesn’t actually seem like you do, though
Ford’s work to reframe the action caused massive changes to urban planning, mostly for the worse.
Their work to change cultural views are apparently so strong, you can’t see how changing the language around it was “inaccurate or inappropriate”
That’s what Google is doing to the average user for “sideloading” - in a few generations, people will be saying it shouldn’t be allowed