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minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 hours agoInstalling software without a store was just called installing software. Sideloading is when you download from the side, e.g. downloading software from a separate device instead of from the internet or physical media.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·19 hours ago downloading software from a separate device It isn’t.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·19 hours agoBecause it’s not? I can show you 100 sources that say it’s not, can you show me one that says otherwise?
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-218 hours agoGo for it. Source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sideload I will concede that the corporate use of ‘sideloading’ is bypassing the official store, but if you look at the other examples you’ll see that it is not the only usage. I think it is important to frame installing software as just that.
Installing software without a store was just called installing software.
Sideloading is when you download from the side, e.g. downloading software from a separate device instead of from the internet or physical media.
It isn’t.
Why do you think it’s not?
Because it’s not? I can show you 100 sources that say it’s not, can you show me one that says otherwise?
Go for it.
Source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sideload
I will concede that the corporate use of ‘sideloading’ is bypassing the official store, but if you look at the other examples you’ll see that it is not the only usage. I think it is important to frame installing software as just that.