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.
It’s distinctly different from just installing an app.
How so?
Check out the article in OP.
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?”
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.They weren’t discussing the command they were discussing the action.
Uh oh, someone tell the Android devs that is isn’t Newthink compliant.