If the outcome is the same, then there is no functional difference.
The outcome is absolutely not the same. If Google said “we’re no longer allowing you to install apps”, that would be a completely different conversation. There is a functional differrence.
If someone sent a nurse in to do your neurosugery, that would absolutely not be the same…
I don’t understand why this needs to be explained…
You’re splitting hairs
My brother in Christ, you’re literally the one splitting hairs…that’s the opposite of what I’m doing.
I literally just did, twice. If you’re just going to submit angry replies without actually reading the comments then this discussion is doomed, so good day.
Why would you want to call it sideloading when you’re not loading from the side?
I don’t know what you think “loading from the side” means? I use the term for the same reason I use any other term: to convey ideas through common understandings.
It’s just doing what Google wants you to do.
Why the fuck would Google care what words you use?
It means downloading not from the internet but from another device.
Google wants it to mean installing software they don’t condone, but I don’t see why the rest of us should follow their lead. I don’t know anyone who calls installing from FDroid “sideloading”
The words people use influences public opinion and the bottom line of corporations such as Ford and Google.
The outcome is absolutely not the same. If Google said “we’re no longer allowing you to install apps”, that would be a completely different conversation. There is a functional differrence.
If someone sent a nurse in to do your neurosugery, that would absolutely not be the same…
I don’t understand why this needs to be explained…
My brother in Christ, you’re literally the one splitting hairs…that’s the opposite of what I’m doing.
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I literally just did, twice. If you’re just going to submit angry replies without actually reading the comments then this discussion is doomed, so good day.
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Why would you want to call it sideloading when you’re not loading from the side? It’s just doing what Google wants you to do.
I don’t know what you think “loading from the side” means? I use the term for the same reason I use any other term: to convey ideas through common understandings.
Why the fuck would Google care what words you use?
It means downloading not from the internet but from another device.
Google wants it to mean installing software they don’t condone, but I don’t see why the rest of us should follow their lead. I don’t know anyone who calls installing from FDroid “sideloading”
The words people use influences public opinion and the bottom line of corporations such as Ford and Google.
It doesn’t.