• grue@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The key thing to understand is that there’s a big fucking difference between a “repository” and an “app store.” One is designed for the convenience of users; the other is designed to exploit them.

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      3 days ago

      Exactly right. The message of the post is that “side-loading” is only used in reference to exploitation services. We could just as easily refer to side loading in Linux and it would be accurate in every way, except that there is no exploitation.

      It’s literally the exception that proves the rule.