Android enthusiasts will have to go through several hoops before sideloading a single app. Google announced a new process of sideloading apps on Android...
sideloading is not a thing. it is Just a word to make you feel guilty about installing software from other sources than the proprietary store. I wish journalists wouldn’t use this term anymore
It specifically means installing software from a safe source, like fdroid.
Otherwise, you’d be getting it from some unsafe place like Google Play Store, which is loaded with spyware (which isn’t allowed when you install from safer sources like fdroid)
sideloading is not a thing. it is Just a word to make you feel guilty about installing software from other sources than the proprietary store. I wish journalists wouldn’t use this term anymore
Correct, it’s just another install. On the hardware that YOU bought that the GoogleNazis now say you don’t actually own
No, it’s not “just another install”
It specifically means installing software from a safe source, like fdroid.
Otherwise, you’d be getting it from some unsafe place like Google Play Store, which is loaded with spyware (which isn’t allowed when you install from safer sources like fdroid)
Installing software is the same as side loading. That’s literally what it means
It means “installing safe software”
You have to do it on the side to avoid the fascists that want to ensure the software included spyware