Post #1620100
2026-03-20 01:16 UTC
@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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@khleedril@cyberplace.social 2026-03-20 06:26
@kepstin @LexYeen @grote The analogy I like to use is to imagine an old flour mill, with the loading door 30 feet in the air accompanied by an overhanging hook used to hold a hoist. App stores are like loading grain by hoisting bags up to the virtually inaccessible loading door. But if you just toss a bag of grain over your shoulder, walk in through the side door and go upstairs with it, no problem. That's side-loading! Edit: Grain goes into a flour mill, flour comes out!