Comment on What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading
cmhe@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I echo the criticism of the term ‘sideloading’, before it started to mean just installing software, I assumes it means using a separate device on the side, like a PC, to inject custom code into a running system using debugger tools etc…
Similarly to preloading libraries into games or other software to replace functions in order to change or enhance the game or software. For instance used with script extenders or game mods. There it is ‘pre’ because the software is not running yet. ‘Side’ would be on running software.
But installing applications (the distribution doesn’t matter) is in no way side loading.
kuneho@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s what it is. I remember actually sideloading apps to my BlackBerry 10 devices (Z10 and Z30) (though it really wasn’t that long ago not to remember it…) using a PC with a Chrome based browser (though it worked on Firefox too with some minor fiddling) to push .bar files to the phone. That is what sideloading to me.
Now this term changed, so everything you install from a different source than what the built-in appstore is called sideloading, which is ridiculous IMO.