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Unofficial TikTok downloads surge in the US (www.bbc.com)
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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

It's a word the industry made up to make installing your own software sound dangerous.

[citation needed]

Prior to the bullshit ass Microsoft Store, sideloading was literally the only way to get shit on Windows.

Yeah, I mean that made sense when it was the only way. There was no need to differentiate. That's not the case anymore.

[–] jasep@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The term "sideloading" has been around since the 90s. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideloading

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago

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.

Sounds like it was something very different back then...

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

ulrich!

now you are lars ulrich. How many ulrichs can you be?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago

Oh merde! You caught me!