Sideloading?

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by haertig

How about the newest cooking "hack"? Reheat your leftover pizza in the air fryer instead of the microwave. What exactly is it that you're "hacking" by hitting the Start button on a different device than before?

I suspect they consider that a hack of a method rather than a hack of a device.

[issybird]

Microwaved pizza is gross.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by issybird

Microwaved pizza is gross.

yes.
Or anything with pastry.

[xor_]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Because there is no end to totally artificial terms. To object to them is pointless (in my opinion, lest there be no confusion). They're just silly words. Almost all of which could be considered totally artificial at some point in time. Fighting language (especially lingo) is dumb.

I still don't quite understand why you are reacting so strongly to this. Semantics is inherently messy, there's no way around that. The words you use carry all sorts of baggage, historical, cultural, political, you name it. So whichever words you use, you position yourself.

Now what's wrong with spelling out some of the baggage and implications of using certain words? We are, and we should be doing it all the time. It's also part of the joy of reading.

Noone criticizes the usage of the word sideloading for being artificial. That is only a data point. The word just happens to pop up when people are starting to say that it's weird to install an Android app through "adb install" rather than the app store.

[John F]

As far as Apple, doesn't the name "sideloading" make sense? I started using iStuff relatively late, bur as I recall, you couldn't just copy things to iDevices, you neeedd to go through iTunes.

[haertig]

Originally Posted by John F

As far as Apple, doesn't the name "sideloading" make sense?

I think Apple calls it iSide iLoading.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by John F

As far as Apple, doesn't the name "sideloading" make sense? I started using iStuff relatively late, bur as I recall, you couldn't just copy things to iDevices, you neeedd to go through iTunes.

You can copy direct, but no official Apple app will recognise the content.
Once the iPhone or iPad is no longer supported by the store, you can't install any app. There are apps that will work with directly copied content.

And if someone factory resets an older Apple phone/tablet, then the "open" apps are gone. You can just about play music, but only copying your own mp3s via iTunes (not on Linux and minimum Windows 7) and the stock music app. So on an iPhone6, no video or ebooks.
OTOH older Android 3 or Android 4.x gear, that can't now connect to app store can have apps installed direct and read epub, listen to mp3 or watch video.
Oldest Android still able to install some apps from Store is now 5.x

Apple & MS deliberately make working gear be fit for landfill, yet it's Android that's mocked. There are rubbish product running Android.