Post #1620073
2026-03-19 17:35 UTC
Replies (10)
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@alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com 2026-03-19 20:03
@LexYeen @grote little do they know calling it "sideloading" just makes it seem like i'm a hacker and i feel cool for doing it
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@faduda@mastodon.ie 2026-03-19 21:35
@LexYeen @grote But all they've done is make it sound cool.
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@Umbreon@donphan.social 2026-03-19 21:38
@LexYeen @grote Should call installing app store apps "Backloading" for how much these companies fuck their customers *and* developers
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@AlisonW@fedimon.uk 2026-03-19 22:46
@LexYeen @grote As bad as the USA car industry creating "jaywalking" as an imaginary crime in order to sell more cars. (Not a crime anywhere else)
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@kepstin@tenforward.social 2026-03-20 01:16
@LexYeen @grote it's almost possible to make up a definition which would let someone pretend it has historical roots: "it's called 'sideloading' because you used to install software by sticking floppy disks into the side of the computer."
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@petealexharris@mastodon.scot 2026-03-20 07:26
@LexYeen @grote Yeah, it's just a computer. It's specifically *your* computer. They have created a disparaging term for running the software you want on your own computer.
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@chrisp@cyberplace.social 2026-03-20 12:03
@LexYeen Friends *do* let friends sideload
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@oliver@die-partei.social 2026-03-21 10:02
@LexYeen @grote That’s not quite correct, since — as I understand it — this restriction won’t apply to the use of alternative, registered stores like Epic.
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@roughling@thebleakest.link 2026-03-24 20:30
@LexYeen @grote from the country that gave you "loitering"...
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@cmos6502@frontrange.co 2026-03-31 15:48
🦋💙❤️💋#WordsOfWisdom 💙💕🌹💐💙🦋 @LexYeen @grote