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Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users (www.androidauthority.com)
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[โ€“] track_stick_baboon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Installing software from outside the play store should be called installing software. It's installing software from the play store what should have a special name, like "gatedloading" for example.

[โ€“] Ulrich@feddit.org -3 points 3 months ago

Installing software from outside the play store should be called installing software

Good news. It is!

It's installing software from the play store what should have a special name, like "gatedloading" for example.

Make it hap'n Cap'n. You're still not invalidating the term of "sideloading".