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by MatekCopatek 876 days ago
What? Are we thinking of the same sideloading? You literally download an app (.apk) like any other file and then open it to start the installation.

OK, and the first time you do it, you get a warning and you have to enable loading apps from 3rd party sources.
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realusername 876 days ago
You can't just open the apk directly, you have to enable installations for the browser and also go to deep in the settings and go past the scary warnings. That's not possible for the average user, not everybody is a developer.

That's not a viable distribution channel at scale and that's intended.

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AlphaCerium 875 days ago
When I open an .apk file from a new application for the first time, I get a popup that asks me if I want to allow installations from unknown sources for this app, with a button that directly takes me to the setting to toggle this, and then immediately allows me to install the application.
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miohtama 876 days ago
I think he must be talking about the US users (:
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