Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
choochooMF@lemmy.world 2 days agoInstalling an app is not the same thing as installing an app? What difference does it make where it came from? Why do you need two different words for installing an app? Why does the distinction of where it came from matter when the outcome is no different?
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 days ago
Yes, that’s exactly what I said 😮💨
choochooMF@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I didn’t say that’s what you said, I’m making a point that its the same fucking thing. Read the rest of my comment and answer my questions please. Or do you agree that there’s no functional difference and splitting hairs about where it came from is just a way to enforce corporate hegemony?
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 days ago
It was clearly the implied suggestion. I’ve already answered your questions a dozen times elsewhere. Gonna have to have a poke around because I don’t feel like typing them again.
The functional difference is that one means “installing from anywhere” and the other means “installing from outside the default app store”. They are different words with different meanings, one being more specific than the other.
It’s like saying “neurosurgeon” instead of “medical professional”. There is a difference. One is much more specific. “Neurosurgeon” wasn’t made up by Big Pharma to gaslight you into believing brain surgery was bad, it’s just a lot fewer words than “medical professional who does surgery on brains”.
choochooMF@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If the outcome is the same, then there is no functional difference. If I say I need to see a doctor, there is a functional difference between a neurosurgeon and another medical professional. If I say I want to download a calculator app, there is no functional difference if I download it from a first-party app store or a third-party app store. You’re splitting hairs. Stop supporting corporate hegemony.