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Linux Phones
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The Discussion on Linux-based Phones.
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It’s called “installing”.
“Sideloading” is a term created by app store owners to frame installing software from outside their walled gardens as shady/illegal/questionable/problematic/whatever.
No-one would say, “I’m sideloading this application” when not using your distribution’s package manager on your desktop or laptop computer. Why call it sideloading when installing software on your pocket computer, then?
Preachh
Direct installation or something similar would work just fine.
I vote "raw dogging" applications
At this point we probably can't change it but if you read the comments above you'd know the answer to your question.
Does it? I'd rather distinguish the walled garden variety, e.g. "Download and Install via PlayStore". Because that's the special case, not the sideloading, which literally just means executing the installation package.
Rizz install
Aggressive installation
alternative application
Usually its called "3rd party" apps or something. Same basic issue though, so kind of pedantic