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Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
(www.androidauthority.com)
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Call sideloading what it is, installing apps.
I know, I know. People don't understand how they've already conceded the war with language.
Me: Like...Yeah, I'm just going to "jailbreak" the small computer I bought to... run a program.
The public unironically: Oh man, I hope you don't get arrested.
Found the Rossman subrsciber. 📎
Sideload refers to moving files between two devices, like P2P