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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Not most, all.
Sideloaded implies not-delivered-via-storefront-syncing. Unsurprisingly, pirates never download their stolen books from the Storefront.  |
Definitions I've found:
a.) ...in reference to the process of transferring data between two local devices, in particular between a computer and a mobile device...
b.) Sideloading is the installation of an application on a mobile device without using the device’s official application-distribution method.
So it could be both:
Definition one for example wouldn't consider download via calibre cloud storage sideloading per se.
Before reading the definitions a while ago, I tended towards your interpretation.
Sideloading = some unofficial method for avoiding the standard process.
BTW: HarryT stated the same here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...80&postcount=8
"Most people use the word to mean "loading via the USB connection".