• Ulrich
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    5 days ago

    It’s a word the industry made up to make installing your own software sound dangerous.

    [citation needed]

    Prior to the bullshit ass Microsoft Store, sideloading was literally the only way to get shit on Windows.

    Yeah, I mean that made sense when it was the only way. There was no need to differentiate. That’s not the case anymore.

      • Ulrich
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        45 days ago

        The term “sideload” was coined in the late 1990s by online storage service i-drive as an alternative means of transferring and storing computer files virtually instead of physically.

        Sounds like it was something very different back then…

    • merde alors
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      35 days ago

      ulrich!

      now you are lars ulrich. How many ulrichs can you be?