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[-] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 105 points 3 months ago

I fucking hate that word. It's not 'sideloading' to install on my own device what I want to install, to use the apps I want to use; to not use the apps I don't want to use. I am not 'sideloading' anything when I install programs on my PC. No different on my phone.

Fuck off with all these new bullshit terms that are only used to imply that what we're doing (with our own devices) is somehow outside the norm, to justify the constant enshittifcation and the growing stranglehold these corporations want on our lives. It's infuriating.

[-] arararagi@ani.social 8 points 3 months ago

I'm sure there's something in the EULA about how it's actually their device and we are just licensing it, just like software. I hate this tech feudalism so much.

[-] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

You know, it's very possible, because I've never actually read an entire EULA, I don't think.

[-] incompetent@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

https://tosdr.org/en

"I have read and agree to the Terms" is the biggest lie on the web. Together, we can fix that.

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