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'Keep Android Open' movement fights back against Google sideloading restrictions
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2025
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How about labelling restrictive installation processes as something like Hibbertloading, after the actor who played The Gimp in Pulp Fiction, or maybe even just Gimploading.
Along with the above, sideloading needs to reclaim its rightful term, installing.