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Re:Epic vs. Apple AU:Court Orders Alt App Stores,Sideloading... by isodev on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @11:36PM (#50190899)
Side*note: I really hope we can move away from the term "sideloading" which makes it sound like we're doing something on the down low.

Installing something is a perfectly normal operation - it's the App Store that's the special case :).

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Re:Epic vs. Apple AU:Court Orders Alt App Stores,Sideloading... by omeid2 on Thursday October 22, 2026 @01:01AM (#50191364)
Direct Install, or better yet, Owner Controlled Install.

Lets call it what it is.

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Re:Epic vs. Apple AU:Court Orders Alt App Stores,Sideloading... by agar on Thursday October 22, 2026 @01:07AM (#50191406)
Yes, how about just "loading"?
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Re:Epic vs. Apple AU:Court Orders Alt App Stores,Sideloading... by squinta on Thursday October 22, 2026 @05:51AM (#50193282)
Ages ago there was this term "Device Neutrality", first introduced in 2011 at the European Parliament and later incorporated in the Digital Markets Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_neutrality

I guess Apple prefered the pejorative "sideloading"

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