Once again, no they didn’t. Literally just look it up. You have the knowledge of the world at your fingertips.
The term “sideload” was coined in the late 1990s by online storage service i-drive as an alternative means of transferring and storing computer files virtually instead of physically
Yep, and that definition was definitely what you meant lmfao.
You’re obviously within spitting distance of the point, you basically spelled it out in your last sentence, just, I don’t know, reread your words slowly?
Can I ask you why Google has deliberately chosen to ALWAYS use the term sideloading? Doesn’t that seem weird for an internet company - who should know better - to not just say “install?”
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yes, Apple. Before that it was called Installing
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
Once again, no they didn’t. Literally just look it up. You have the knowledge of the world at your fingertips.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideloading
chunes@lemmy.world 1 day ago
listen, I’ve been in technology for a long-ass time and I’ve never heard of i-drive nor should I care about the vocabulary they use.
The first time I ever heard the term sideloading was when these mobile stores started using it to make other options sound illegitimate.
Ulrich@feddit.org 17 hours ago
Oh well if that was the first time you heard it, that must have been when it came into existence…?
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yep, and that definition was definitely what you meant lmfao.
You’re obviously within spitting distance of the point, you basically spelled it out in your last sentence, just, I don’t know, reread your words slowly?
Ulrich@feddit.org 17 hours ago
What difference does it make? Thats the origin of the word. I’ve provided evidence that it was not invented by Apple. Where’s your evidence?
The point is, we have words for a reason. And there’s no reason to use 12 when I can use 1. Sorry you’re having trouble understanding that.
lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Can I ask you why Google has deliberately chosen to ALWAYS use the term sideloading? Doesn’t that seem weird for an internet company - who should know better - to not just say “install?”
How do you think this came to be?
Ulrich@feddit.org 17 hours ago
For the same reason I ALWAYS use it: Because it’s shorter than “installing apps from outside the Google Play Store”.
I literally just told you that in the comment you replied to.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Yes, Apple notoriously invented it for the Android Debug Bridge too.