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[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I guess we were all sideloading apps on Win 7 and other prev gens

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Now that there's a Microsoft/Windows app store, any app not sourced there is sideloaded.

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

When Microsoft bans installation of legacy Win32 apps, it will be the death on Windows.