Originally Posted by
tickerguy People talk about "sideloading" and often use the word "piracy" to describe it but the amusing part of this is the fact that Android handsets have been able to "sideload" APKs forever simply by clicking on them -- the OS has a switch you have to turn on in the settings to enable it, but it's right there.
So if it's so evil (from a developer perspective) why is it that Android has all these developers?
Oh, yeah, you mean it's really not evil because any developer who cares about such things can use the available frameworks to verify that a user has purchased said app before it runs, or, if they wish, develop their own framework to do so (e.g. by requiring a sign-in to their servers.)
Right.
BlackBerry finally woke up and told those whining about this to STFU, since their biggest competitor has had the same facility literally forever, and thus they're complaining about something that they have endorsed and went along with on that other platform.