funnily enough, I am installing google drive for computers right now (macOS), I had to download a .pkg and basically sideload the app, which is not published on the Apple Store
Why the double standard, dear Google?
You mean install the app? The fact that Apple and Google wish to suggest that software from outside their gardens is somehow subnormal doesn't mean other people need to adopt their verbiage.
Correct, I mean install the app.
Sideloading is the corporate jargon for "installing an app".
That's the funny part.
They do stuff they want to prohibit to other developers because "safety".
But we all know that Google can do massively more harm than scammers pushing their scammy apps to a few hundreds people.
For example, in today's news "Google hit with EU antitrust investigation into its spam policy".
There's a bit of irony in it and a lot of hypocrisy, IMO.