>Some sideloading initiatives would also mandate removing protections against third-party access to proprietary hardware elements and non-public operating sys

>Some sideloading initiatives would also mandate removing protections against third-party access to proprietary hardware elements and non-public operating system functions Here's the real problem right there, from their point of view. It's oh so haaaaarrrrd to control everything people do when you can't lock things down to the point of forced dependence.