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Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move
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Re: Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move
#562Installing any app I want outside the Play Store was the primary reason I decided to go with Android, despite most of the people I know using iPhones. If I can't do this anymore, I may as well switch and be able to use iMessage and FaceTime with them.
F-droid routinely delivers me higher quality, more reliable apps that do exactly what I need then to do too. It's become my go-to for "I need a utility for X task".
Same here. F droid gives clean functional and reliable apps while playstore is a dumpsterfire.
Re: Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move
#563Back in "ye olden days" (TM) sideloading was just called "running software".
I think it's very unfortunate that the authors of the article propagate this "sideloading" framing.
Re: Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move
#564Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's sad that basically anybody can type faster on a 15-year-old blackberry than on the latest and greatest touchscreen-keyboard phone.
Is typing on a touchscreen phone really that difficult for people? I did a Monkeytype test just now on my iPhone. I got 50WPM in the 30 second test. For comparison, I get about 100WPM when I type on a regular computer keyboard. I feel like getting 50% typing speed isn't so bad, and I doubt I would get a lot better than that with physical buttons. Generally I'd rather have more screen real estate. That said, I definit…
With the same accuracy?
When typing text which isn't 100% dictionary words?