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Originally Posted by mgmueller
Definitions I've found:
...in reference to the process of transferring data between two local devices, in particular between a computer and a mobile device...
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". |
Perhaps I disagree with him...
Sideloading is most commonly used for USB connection, because most commonly that is what people do.
IF people thought about it for a bit, they would associate sideloading with calibre cloud and even SSH transfer...
Why should it be limited to the specificity of the USB protocol?