You can't just say "we need security, this is security, therefore we must do it". That's the politician's fallacy. Did you know that preventing sideloading also improves security, but GrapheneOS is adamant that sideloading must be allowed?
> Did you know that preventing sideloading also improves security
Play Store is only the safest way to obtain apps solely distributed through the Play Store. It's safer to get other apps more directly from the developers considering how much malware there is on the Play Store. There are tons of apps impersonating other software on the Play Store. There are lots of useful open source apps for people focused on privacy and security not available through the Play Store too.
Sibling comments has good points to make, but I’ll just say this: very few people side-load apps.
The number of people hurt by side-loading must be dramatically smaller than the number of people hurt by malware, scams, nonsense, and adware distributed in the Play Store. Like… what, 3 orders of magnitude?
Also: security has plenty of nuance, sure. I’m not a politician, but I propose we don’t allow them to legislate things they don’t understand.
