I mean, I know app piracy is kinda dead. But how about if I just want .mkvs for Movie, TV, Anime? .epubs for books? Music files?

Are these still gonna work? Do you think they’ll go full draconian and kill piracy outright?

VLC? Torrent Apps? VPNs?

  • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
    311·
    2 days ago

    You don’t say “downloaded from a cd” do you? No, you install from a cd. If the primary delivery method for PC was via app store, you’d say “sideloaded” there too.

    Downloading from an app store doesn’t place an installer APK from an app store on the device’s storage, like you do when downloading on a PC.

    This difference is why the term “sideloading” was coined, to differentiate from using the primary delivery mechanism, the app store.

    • stonkage@aussie.zoneEnglish
      41·
      2 days ago

      Downloading from the app store and installing the apk is exactly what it does. 😄

      Sideloading is one of those annoying terms that exist to make it sound cooler than what it really is.

      Regardless of what term, it’s your device you should be able to install what you want.