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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

Unofficial TikTok downloads surge in the US

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Unofficial TikTok downloads surge in the US

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

Many people are turning to so-called "sideloading" because the app is unavailable on official stores.

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/109565

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The term “sideload” was coined in the late 1990s by online storage service i-drive as an alternative means of transferring and storing computer files virtually instead of physically.

Sounds like it was something very different back then…

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