Rethink the "sideloading" term

[Qronikarz]

Hi.
I know it's not used in the program itself (at least I couldn't find it now, but it's used as a feature in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/releases/tag/v2.5.0 release changelog), but I want to point out that sideloading is a wrong term that should be stopped from using.

In the past I just ignored this choice of Heroic calling the installation of non-store games as sideloading, but due to the actions of Google with android I stopped using this term and refer to it as just installing. Which it is - installing a program/game on a device that I own.

Which is why I'm making this discussion so that you may rethink if you want to keep using it.

Here's some findings that share my opinion so it's known that it's not just my delusion:
https://f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloading.html (with HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45736479)
https://guild.pmdcollab.org/@StaticR/115098597647157516

I know that most will think that it's a stupid problem, but maybe at least few people will share this view.