Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
Vespair@lemmy.zip 2 days agoThe majority of PC game sales happen via steam but we don’t call games purchased from GOG “sideloaded.”
There is no necessary reason to make the distinction
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 days ago
There is and I’ve already given it. MS app store doesn’t make up 99% of installations.
yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Okay, I understand your position. Android’s play store has market dominance, so the a term to distinguish between 99% of play store installs vs others, makes sense.
Now, that is a tangent to the main issue, just arguing semantics. The issue is control versus openness, not about the term sideloading.
Is Google’s plan to restrict app sideloading a good thing in your eyes, or no?
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
A tangent someone else made. Many others really.
100%
Absolutely not. I will no longer recommend Android to anyone. It’s cooked, as far as I’m concerned.
yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Nice, I could tell you’re a smart dude, so at least we all can agree that Android is no longer to be trusted.
Funny how words and language become the focus of this thread, and then the main issues get pushed to the side. I was arguing against you as if we didn’t agree on the main problem 😅