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Re:Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install... by blfr on Sunday August 31, 2025 @11:33AM (#45083976)
It's weird because "sideloading" accurately captures that you're doing something ad hoc outside of the main channel. You install software with your package manager, from the app repository, and you sideload it with `curl | bash` or manually moving an .exe/.msi/.apk.

This is a fine distinction. And it will happen and should happen because there are always gaps. Without a way to fill them, you're left with a subpar experience.

And while many people are fine with it on their iPhones, I can't really imagine not having ReVanced apps, Molly, or a dozen other little fixes.

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Re:Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install... by gr4vityWall on Sunday August 31, 2025 @12:04PM (#45084201)
> "sideloading" accurately captures that you're doing something ad hoc outside of the main channel.

Who gets to decide what the main channel is?

For a lot of people here, F-Droid is their main way of installing programs on phones.

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Re:Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install... by superkuh on Sunday August 31, 2025 @12:06PM (#45084221)
It's not a fine distinction. It's orwellian propaganda. Installation is the normal thing that is the status quo. Having a locked down corporation controlled system that only lets you install things they approve should be called some new word. But the only thing coming to mind personally is "dumb" or "willeventuallybackfireonyoustallation".
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