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It’s probably called sideloading because historically you weren’t downloading from an app store but instead transferring from your computer. The term itself is ancient https://sh.itjust.works/comment/23484915
so is F-Droid sideloading?
/me just starting some shit
According to Google yes, because the Play Store is the “official” way of installing software.
But personally I hate this mentality and I don’t want a centralized and controlled way of installing software
Yes, exactly, adopting the term side loading into our common vernacular is exactly what they want us to do. They want us to view installing apps from places other than the Play Store as Bad™ and Dangerous™ so they can better control what we do.
I want my phone to be like a computer not a federal prison, dammit
Uploading: Sends thing from your device.
Downloading: Receives thing to your device.
Sideloading: ???
Sideloading is an all encompassing term for when you change the physical orientation of your device so that up/down becomes right/left.
Google bans screen rotation
Good, I love crime now.
^We’re monsters^!
Your phone ? There are 2 US companies that own 99.9% of phones.
Hold on babe, I’m sideloading Firefox on my Arch install
Arch’s package management is actually the ideal, in my opinion. Official repositories for the stuff the distro maintainers want to officially support, a user-maintained AUR for other common packages, and the ability to build your own software with the Arch Build System, and letting pacman know where everything is. In a sense, the stuff in the official repositories have a privileged position, and you should be aware of the difference between the AUR and the official repositories, but you’re still always in control of what software is installed.
The AUR packages and user-specific builds can be thought of as side loading, and the distinction can matter in some circumstances. So I’m ok with having another name for different installation/upgrade/update methods.
