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ITT: Witnessing somebody learning what sideloading is and isn't as technical as they think it is.
To be fair on most Android devices sideloading isn't a very meaningful term, but on locked down devices like iOS it is.
It isn't? I've been using the term since I picked up my first Android phone in 2010 and there were side-loaded apps everywhere. Hell, you used to have to side-load the Amazon Store app. And that was all just "download this apk and install it" Workflows.
2010 was already tainted by the iPhone walled garden.