elementary: spends a ton of time and energy going out of our way to make the sideloading experience for users clear, accurate, and easy. Implements Flatpak, making it easier for users to get apps from anywhere.
Random YouTube commenters: LOL SO APPLE, HELLO WALLED GARDEN
Perpetuated by the random YouTuber who hates elementary OS and will never use it—and has said as much in his videos—but continues to push out videos misrepresenting 99% of the OS and telling people that we’re all mentally unstable.
This is why we get death threats. Cool cool.
