Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 days agoI 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 2 days 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?
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
Brother, you just keep repeating the same nonsense over and over. I don’t know how to be any more clear about this.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
You’re perfectly clear, as I believe I have also (or I wouldn’t be repeating myself as each comment would be different if it wasn’t clear). You’re argument isn’t consistent with the rest of computing. I keep repeating myself because you keep refusing to engage. You just keep dodging.
What is the difference between getting software from the unnoficial source such as the AUR and getting software from an unofficial source on mobile?
If you can answer this then it’s done. This is the third time I’ve asked it and you haven’t answered it once. If the term, as used by Google and Apple, we’re necessary or had functional utility then we’d use if for Desktop also. Clearly it isn’t necessary or functionally useful. It’s used out of utility by these companies to sow mistrust.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
I can answer it. I have answered it 5 times at this point and this constitutes harassment so you’re being blocked now. Goodbye.