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Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta - Users who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps. (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

You could go with something in between? Side loading is a loaded term created to insinuate we are doing something we shouldn't be doing.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    No it's not. Someone just made that up.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Yes, Apple did. Before that, it was called downloading

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    Once again, no they didn't. Literally just look it up. You have the knowledge of the world at your fingertips.

    The term "sideload" was coined in the late 1990s by online storage service i-drive as an alternative means of transferring and storing computer files virtually instead of physically

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideloading

    Had I said "downloading" it wouldn't have made much sense, would it?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    listen, I've been in technology since before i-drive existed and I've never heard of i-drive nor do I care about the vocabulary they used.

    The first time I ever heard the term sideloading was when these mobile stores started using it to make other options sound illegitimate.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Yep, and that definition was definitely what you meant lmfao.

    You’re obviously within spitting distance of the point, you basically spelled it out in your last sentence, just, I don’t know, reread your words slowly?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Yep, and that definition was definitely what you meant lmfao.

    What difference does it make? Thats the origin of the word. I've provided evidence that it was not invented by Apple. Where's your evidence?

    You’re obviously within spitting distance of the point

    The point is, we have words for a reason. And there's no reason to use 12 when I can use 1. Sorry you're having trouble understanding that.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    we have words for a reason

    what difference does what I meant make?

    ”Downloading” is 12 words

    Ok bud, whatever you say 🙄

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    As I said earlier, if I had said "downloading", that wouldn't have made any sense. Please read my comments before replying to them "bud".

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Can I ask you why Google has deliberately chosen to ALWAYS use the term sideloading? Doesn’t that seem weird for an internet company - who should know better - to not just say “install?”

    How do you think this came to be?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Can I ask you why Google has deliberately chosen to ALWAYS use the term

    For the same reason I ALWAYS use it: Because it's shorter than "installing apps from outside the Google Play Store".

    How do you think this came to be?

    I literally just told you that in the comment you replied to.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I do not agree with your reasoning, tempting as it may be to believe that Google is neutral

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Google is not neutral, that doesn't mean they invented the word or that the word itself is somehow inexplicably malicious.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago

    I don’t think they invented the word

    It’s naive to think Google doesn’t have a reason behind the popularization of a term that indicates to the user they’re not the one in ultimate control of their own personal device

    Keep getting upset over it though if that makes you happy

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