• JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    It is, because it’s actually the term that defines the process of transferring files not from an external networked device - downloading - or to an external networked device - uploading - but between two local devices - sideloading.

    It’s over two decades old, you downloaded an mp3 from kazaa, and then sideloaded it to your player.

    For android apps, I believe the term originates from the method of using ADB to directly write the app to the phone memory, the command of which is “adb sideload filename”

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      3 months ago

      And companies ofted do it. Thay recoined jaywalking to put the blaim of the accidents to pedestrians and take away the road from them. They change what littering means in attrmpt to delute the responsibility for polution… We are better than that this time, right?