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[–] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (21 children)

It needs a definition because it is a thing that happens though.

You need to differentiate between installing from the app store and installing from other sources, you might not like the choice of word, but we need a word to define it.

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I guess we were all sideloading apps on Win 7 and other prev gens

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now that there's a Microsoft/Windows app store, any app not sourced there is sideloaded.

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

When Microsoft bans installation of legacy Win32 apps, it will be the death on Windows.

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