> I’m not sure Apple really has anything to fear from it either in terms of security or usability. Sideloading will hit hard for Apple's pro-privacy brand. Yo

> I’m not sure Apple really has anything to fear from it either in terms of security or usability. Sideloading will hit hard for Apple's pro-privacy brand. You lose transparency and quality control for the apps. They don't need to tell you about their data collection practices. They don't have to do actually anything at all, since you can't ban those apps anymore. Phishing is still a problem of Android and that will become a problem on iOS too. On Android there is still business for anti-virus engines because of the sideloading and Phishing. On Apple devices, there isn't really need for anti-virus but it will become relevant again. If the sideloading will become very easy, big players who make money with data collection, will leave the platform. You won't find Meta apps soon from the App store. They are so big that people will download these apps regardless. If that happens, how many fake Instagram apps we will see after that? And you can't ban them from the App store anymore.