As announced a couple of weeks ago, power users always have an option to enable sideloading of unregistered APK files through an advanced flow that requires an authentication step to confirm they are taking this step of their own volition and a one-off, 24-hour waiting period to deter scammers.
Sure. That’s the reason why they’re introducing a 24-hour delay. Not because they want to make it miserable so people stop side loading.
Man, I hate the term ‘sideloading’. It’s just installing an app, for fuck’s sake.
I just sideloaded a applications on windows using a .exe and running through the installation wizard. Microsoft must hate me for not using the Windows Store /s
No /s required. Knowing Microslop, this is only a matter of
timeenshittification.Well actually…
We just have to normalize something worse sounding for installing apps from the play store. “I can’t believe you sloploaded Signal after I told you about Molly!”
Slop is overused, how about slaveloaded, sheeploaded
Better yet: “how can you live like that?”
It’s distinctly different from just installing an app.
What? To ‘sideload’ an app, I do the following:
How is that different from the Google Play workflow?
The process is different the first time you install an app, regardless of from where. And you know this. Its also detailed in the OP. I’m not sure why you’re pretending not to, except to be a contrarian.
How is the process different? In what way? Give me details, please. I’m genuinely confused.
That’s the topic of the entire article in the OP…
But is otherwise just installing an app.
Do I “sideload” Steam on windows too if I don’t go through the microsoft store?
I mean, at the going rate of online freedom… Give it a month
Yes, other than being different.
No because there’s no functional difference.
Please do elaborate on this functional difference the play store has and the microsoft version doesn’t. I’m a little lost here.
I can use my F-Droid apps just as well as their play store counterparts.
Check out the OP, lots of good info there about the differences.
I remain as lost as I was.
The only differences I noticed are the ones google is forcing through with their new “advanced flow”, but that does not constitute a “functional difference”.
LOL you are grasping at straws so hard and I don’t know why. Of course it’s functionally different. I don’t know how you could possibly assemble an argument otherwise.
For something so apparently obvious you sure seem reluctant to put it to text.
Thus far I have given you the benefit of doubt, but you have yet to come with a real argument.
I cannot, nor will I argue against what I have to imagine your opinion to be. Either say what you mean or say nothing at all. Until then your point is moot.
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How so?
Check out the article in OP.
I checked and it doesn’t answer the question.
Its literally the topic of the entire article, from beginning to end. You can’t possibly have read it and still not understand this.
Yeah I’m not sure we’re reading the same article
People forget that it’s called sideloading because, in the beginning, most android apps were sold without the ability to install 3rd party apks. You had to use adb to sideload the apk to the phone.
adb sideloadis for installing an OS or OS update. The command to install an app isadb install.Uh oh, someone tell the Android devs that is isn’t Newthink compliant.
They weren’t discussing the command they were discussing the action.
Hmmm. Where does the action name come from 🤔
Wat