It is as soon as several must-have apps (say, the ones all your friends and family use to communicate) are side-load only. If they allow other channels to insta

It is as soon as several must-have apps (say, the ones all your friends and family use to communicate) are side-load only. If they allow other channels to install apps and make them easy enough that non-nerds can do it, network effects will quickly make it de facto necessary to run at least some apps from outside the app store.