It is indeed a difficult problem. It's not just that users cannot be expected to be knowledgable. They cannot know who to trust either. If you show them a warni

It is indeed a difficult problem. It's not just that users cannot be expected to be knowledgable. They cannot know who to trust either. If you show them a warning that says "do not install this add-on unless you trust its publisher", what is a user supposed to do? There are thousands of add-on/app publishers with names that no one has ever heard of. So I do understand Apple's approach. Unfortunately, Apple muddies the waters by mixing up security protections with their own business interests and the interests of authoritarian regimes. To a degree I fear this is unavoidable. I think the best solution is to have that very restrictive app store that you can trust to vet things for you, but in addition to that they should permit side-loading for apps and content that you have to vet yourself or rely on a third party vetting system.