• Saapas@piefed.zip
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    1 month ago

    Before phones

    But the discussion is specifically about phones…? I’ve never heard anyone use sideloading in a different context

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      1 month ago

      Phones are just computers except they fit in your pocket and have a cellular connection. Distinction without a (meaningful) difference

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        1 month ago

        Phones are a specific type of computer. I wonder if some madlad hates the term “smart phone” so much that they’re out there calling them computers and confusing everyone.

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          smart phone literally means phone with computer or computer-like abilities, contrary to popular belief, smartphones existed before the iPhone and in fact didn’t have to be a locked down slab of glass