great writeup! i love how it goes from "they left ADB enabled, how could it get worse"... and then it just keeps getting worse

> After sideloading the obligatory DOOM

> I just sideloaded the app on a different device

> I also sideloaded the store app

can we please stop propagating this slimy corporate-speak? installing software on a device that you own is not an arcane practice with a unique name, it's a basic expectation and right

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efilife 2 days ago | parent [-]

I agree. It's the same as calling a mobile OS a ROM

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userbinator 2 days ago | parent [-]

That term at least has a history behind it, as many featurephones had their OS on a small XIP NOR flash ROM, and now the OS is usually (mostly) read-only.

But "sideloading" is definitely a new term of anti-freedom hostility.

	▲	efilife a day ago \| parent [-]
		I expected someone to say this. In my opinion if there's some history behind something stupid it doesn't make it not stupid Btw interesting stats here https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0...