Re:Tim Cook: Users Who Want to Sideload Apps Can Use Android
by kazinator on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @07:46PM
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True, but it is also a word used in the Android ecosystem which refers more or less to installing applications not from the Google Play store.
I couldn't have Japanese TV service on my livingroom screen, without loading an .apk file directly from the provider onto the Android box.
Tim Cook's analogies with cars, air bags and seatbelts are what is disingenuous, not so much the sideloading word, which is a foregone given.
A better analogy is that the Apple car is one that refuses to take certain exits off the freeway, or shortcuts that are not charted in the guidance system.
I couldn't have Japanese TV service on my livingroom screen, without loading an .apk file directly from the provider onto the Android box.
Tim Cook's analogies with cars, air bags and seatbelts are what is disingenuous, not so much the sideloading word, which is a foregone given.
A better analogy is that the Apple car is one that refuses to take certain exits off the freeway, or shortcuts that are not charted in the guidance system.