“Wake me” when anything at all happens…? The point is, they have the power.

No one is “trolling”, you jackass. Just assess them in a different way, is the very obvious point that I was getting at.

Just because they’re currently assessed that way doesn’t mean they can’t be assessed a different way…

Except you still don’t have a mouse

…not assessed what way?

Not necessarily, the fine just needs to be a sufficient size.

🤣

I just…don’t understand why anyone would buy this. Like, if you need it to be portable, you’re going to need a display and a mouse/trackpad, so just get a laptop. If you don’t need it to be portable, then why wouldn’t you just use a desktop machine? If the keyboard fails then you have to throw away the entire machine.

So it doesn’t apply when I click the big button which says ‘Install’ on F-Droid app on my phone?

Please note the use of quotes. I was using “installing software” the way you were, as in literally any software. Whereas this does not apply to apps in the Google Play Store. That’s why the distinction is important.

Just like installing software from the ‘secure’ Google Play store.

Yes, just like that, except a higher level of risk, because potentially no one is verifying the validity of said software. And as I already explained, there’s no technological way for the OS to differentiate a legitimate source like FDroid from a random sketchy website on the internet.

Installing software is installing software, no matter where you get that software from

Except it’s not, because sideloading is different, as you know, if you actually read the OP, and if you actually read my comments where I already explained how it’s different.

Now I’m done repeating myself over and over, so unless you have something new to contribute to the discussion, I’m out. Have a nice day!

To me that implies it’s somehow different than just installing software.

That’s because it is, as I’ve just finished explaining. Again, see the “advanced flow” in OP? This does not apply to “installing software”. It only applies to sideloading. I’m not sure why this is so difficult to understand.

You could say ‘install from play store’ or ‘install from f-droid’ if you need to specify which app repository you should use

That’s true, if you were referring to a specific repository, but the term “sideloading” does not refer to any specific repository, as you know.

From the article:

None of this says “sideloading” or refers specifically to the term, it refers to the practice.

Google tries to twist that to mean something only ‘power users’ do and it comes with a ‘educated risk’.

You’re incredibly naive if you think anyone other than “power users” are sideloading.

And it does come with risk, because it might come from a reputable source like FDroid or it might be a random app from some unverified (by anyone) sketchy website, and the system has no technological means to tell the difference.

Do you consider installing games to you PC

This is not a PC though. Whether you or I like it or not, they are different. And no one wants to type out “installing apps from outside the Google Play Store” every time. It’s a useful term.

Sideloading is a made up term

All terms are made up.

to make it sound somehow dangerous or complicated in order to justify

[Citation needed]

People keep saying this but it makes absolutely no sense. The term predates both Apple and Google, and nothing about the term itself suggests it is “dangerous”.

Better yet, politicians

Yes, it is, thank you.

The advanced flow is not for “installing apps”. It’s for sideloaded apps.

The authorities are probably the ones compelling them to collect this information.

Breezy is great but it’s not even consistent with itself. Go into a different part of the UI and get completely different numbers.

Right. The point is they’re not even pretending.

I mean it’s in most CEO’s best interest to pretend to care about the general public.

Hey I am an outdoorsman and I find it difficult to find data about rain, specifically quantity of rain, hourly and daily. Is there a good way I can access this info from your site?

True that, but the problem is that would have been a fairly normal recession but now we’re careening towards a straight up depression.