• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    4 hours ago

    sideloading makes it sound like something dangerous

    …according to whom? Who came up with this? If they called it “dangerloading” I’d be all on your side.

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        46 minutes ago

        Again I ask, how? There’s absolutely nothing in the name to suggest it is “dangerous” or “bad”.

        Tech illiterate people will not understand it at all.

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          34 minutes ago

          Go ask your mom who had to deal with your limewire phase in high-school if you can “sideload” apps on her phone.

          You want sources or something, what are you expecting dude?

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            18 minutes ago

            My Mom is far too old to know anything about Limewire.

            what are you expecting dude?

            Literally any sort of explanation why you think “sideload” = “dangerous”? Other than just repeating that it is over and over.

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            28 minutes ago

            I think any unknown phrase and method to install an app will be scary to a person who is that unknowledgeable about it. At that point there isn’t any phrase that you could use that wouldn’t sound sketchy to them, it isn’t the phrase that is the problem, it’s the fact that it’s unknown and the process is scary.

            The people you are describing would still be skeptical even if you explained it to them (and they should be, since they likely don’t have the knowledge or resources to properly vet an application from an unknown source)