Sideloading is a term made up by i-drive in the 90s to describe the process of copying a file from someone else’s i-drive to your own. How it ended up becoming the term for installing apps not from a store isn’t clear, but I’d guess it’s because you aren’t “downloading” from a store and more “sideloading” like you might music to an MP3 player (at least in the early days).
Google continuing to restrict the ability to install apps how you want is bullshit, but it’s not like the word sideloading is some nefarious propaganda made up by Big App Store. It’s just slang that evolved beyond its original meaning.
Sideloading is a term made up by i-drive in the 90s to describe the process of copying a file from someone else’s i-drive to your own. How it ended up becoming the term for installing apps not from a store isn’t clear, but I’d guess it’s because you aren’t “downloading” from a store and more “sideloading” like you might music to an MP3 player (at least in the early days).
Google continuing to restrict the ability to install apps how you want is bullshit, but it’s not like the word sideloading is some nefarious propaganda made up by Big App Store. It’s just slang that evolved beyond its original meaning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideloading