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
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?
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?”
Jesus Tittyfucking Christ, yes it is. I’m not typing out “installing software from outside the Google Play Store” every time, so you can go away.
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.
No it’s not. Someone just made that up.
Yes, Apple did. Before that, it was called downloading
Yes, Apple notoriously invented it for the Android Debug Bridge too.
Once again, no they didn’t. Literally just look it up. You have the knowledge of the world at your fingertips.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideloading
Had I said “downloading” it wouldn’t have made much sense, would it?
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.
Oh well if that was the first time you heard it, that must have been when it came into existence…?
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?
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?
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.
Ok bud, whatever you say 🙄
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”.
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?
For the same reason I ALWAYS use it: Because it’s shorter than “installing apps from outside the Google Play Store”.
I literally just told you that in the comment you replied to.
I do not agree with your reasoning, tempting as it may be to believe that Google is neutral
Google is not neutral, that doesn’t mean they invented the word or that the word itself is somehow inexplicably malicious.