def METHOD_NAME(fs: AbstractFileSystem, path: Union[str, Path], strict: bool = False) -> bool:
    """Check if a path is directory-like.
    This function determines if a given path is considered directory-like, taking into account the behavior
    specific to object storage platforms. For other filesystems, it behaves similarly to the standard `fs.isdir`
    method.
    Args:
        fs: The filesystem to check the path against.
        path: The path or URL to be checked.
        strict: A flag specific to Object Storage platforms. If set to ``False``, any non-existing path is considered
            as a valid directory-like path. In such cases, the directory (and any non-existing parent directories)
            will be created on the fly. Defaults to False.
    """
    # Object storage fsspec's are inconsistent with other file systems because they do not have real directories,
    # see for instance https://gcsfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html?highlight=makedirs#gcsfs.core.GCSFileSystem.mkdir
    # In particular, `fs.makedirs` is a no-op so we use `strict=False` to consider any path as valid, except if the
    # path already exists but is a file
    if _is_object_storage(fs):
        if strict:
            return fs.isdir(path)
        # Check if the path is not already taken by a file. If not, it is considered a valid directory-like path
        # because the directory (and all non-existing parent directories) will be created on the fly.
        return not fs.isfile(path)
    return fs.isdir(path)