No, but my point is langage and meaning evolves and the process I referred to above is now commonly known as sideloading. Whether that makes sense or follows a historical precedent doesn’t matter to most people.
I’m unclear: did this term come from language evolving, or is it a corporate move like the meme says? It can’t be both.
And that’s my problem with the meme. I don’t disagree that language evolves but the meme is trying to say it was crafted with purpose by Google et al and it’s just not
did this term come from language evolving, or is it a corporate move like the meme says? It can’t be both.
Yes it can. It may not be a natural evolution but the meaning to most people has changed regardless.
The term wasn’t invented by Google but the current connotation may have been. Even if this isn’t good, we can’t expect to influence the average person’s use of the term more than an billion dollar company can.
No, but my point is langage and meaning evolves and the process I referred to above is now commonly known as sideloading. Whether that makes sense or follows a historical precedent doesn’t matter to most people.
I’m unclear: did this term come from language evolving, or is it a corporate move like the meme says? It can’t be both.
And that’s my problem with the meme. I don’t disagree that language evolves but the meme is trying to say it was crafted with purpose by Google et al and it’s just not
Yes it can. It may not be a natural evolution but the meaning to most people has changed regardless.
The term wasn’t invented by Google but the current connotation may have been. Even if this isn’t good, we can’t expect to influence the average person’s use of the term more than an billion dollar company can.