Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks agohow and why it was used to essentially mean “a stupid person”
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
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Again, you keep insisting that I just don’t understand anything about walkable cities or talking about Ford’s ad campaigns. I do. That is not what we’re discussing.
What we’re discussing is how the word is inaccurate or inappropriate or “blames” anyone other than those who are doing exactly what the word is intended to describe. And it doesn’t seem like you have any interest in putting forth a legitimate argument so I guess we’re done here.
The same goes for “sideloading”.