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"Sideloading" is Double Speak – Say this: App Stores Are the Real Threat, Cuckloading (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by autonomoususer@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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"Sideloading" is framed as some privacy hack but it’s just double speak.

App stores? They are an excuse to steal our control, spy on us, destroy our privacy, all while lying, pretending to protect us, deceiving us.

F-Droid? That is a library, not a store.

Stop falling for this scam. Fight fire with fire. Call app stores what they are: Cuckloading!

Example

Google's forcing us into cuckloaded apps.

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[–] Yesbutnotquite@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jesus wept, do we really need to sexualise every single little thing? What's wrong with calling it a bad idea?

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bad idea is not specific.