Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoMy, you’re frustrating. If using an unofficial source for applications is called sideloading, why isn’t that term used for desktop computing? The term only exists for phones. The AUR is an unofficial user-run source and is equivalent to a source other than the play/apple store. If that term was actually useful or needed we call installing applications from the AUR sideloading, but we don’t. Clearly the term has no real utility besides making it sound like something you shouldn’t do.
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
You are also frustrating, asking me questions that I’ve already answered: Because 99% of people aren’t using the default app store on desktops.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yes they are! That’s what I’m saying. 99% of apps aren’t coming from the AUR. Why don’t we call it sideloading, if it were actually a term that were needed?
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I don’t understand what you’re saying. The point is not that 99% of apps aren’t coming from anywhere, it’s that they are coming from somewhere…
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Same thing. 99% of apps are coming from official repositories. A tiny fraction are coming from non-official sources, like the AUR. It should be called sideloading if the term actually had a technical need. Obviously your reasoning that we need the term is wrong. No one feels the need for it on desktop. What’s different about mobile?