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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.

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideloading

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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.

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- Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Oh well if that was the first time you heard it, that must have been when it came into existence…?
  
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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?

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- Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  Yep, and that definition was definitely what you meant lmfao.
  
  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?
  
  You’re obviously within spitting distance of the point
  
  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.
  
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  - Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    we have words for a reason
    
    what difference does what I meant make?
    
    ”Downloading” is 12 words
    
    Ok bud, whatever you say 🙄
    
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lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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?

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- Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  Can I ask you why Google has deliberately chosen to ALWAYS use the term
  
  For the same reason I ALWAYS use it: Because it’s shorter than “installing apps from outside the Google Play Store”.
  
  How do you think this came to be?
  
  I literally just told you that in the comment you replied to.
  
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  - lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I do not agree with your reasoning, tempting as it may be to believe that Google is neutral
    
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