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It's not side loading. Word you are looking for is called "installing".



I think the OP means that calling it sideloading gives it a sneaky dark connotation which it doesn't deserve because installing software is simply a normal thing for a user to do. It's Google that's branding it as such because they want people to only trust the play store, and thus protect their 30% stake and other benefits like deciding what goes in the store.




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