> You have the right to install whatever you want on your computer, regardless of whether that computer is on your desk or in your pocket. That's a hill I'll die on.

I totally agree with that. BUT:

> Splitting hairs about the origin of the term "sideload" does not change

You can't start your article by splitting hairs about the meaning of the term, and then complain that people follow down that discussion :-).

Since you're someone who welcomes splitting hairs: "meaning" and "origin" are different things.