Sideloading on android is specifically taking an apk on your PC and installing it on your phone over ADB (there's an `adb sideload` command). For whatever reaso

Sideloading on android is specifically taking an apk on your PC and installing it on your phone over ADB (there's an `adb sideload` command). For whatever reason, people also wrongly use the term to refer to just installing apps from files outside your app store, even when it's all on the phone. I also often see people try to either use the jailbreak term for Android or change it to root, but with the same wrong meaning, but there is no jail, you don't need root for much, and it's also unrelated to unlocking your bootloader and flashing a custom ROM. Even a fairly-locked-down Amazon fire tablet lets you grab the F-Droid apk and install it. It's just normal. Bit of a tangent probably. I also agree it shouldn't seem normal to people to not let users use their computers for whatever they want.