The real interest is their protection of their sweet 30% revenue stream. There are many ways to protect security, leaving all your keys in the hands of one party is not the only one.

And there should also be the right to be able to opt out of the manufacturers' protections of course.

> Apples decision to ban sideloading is a huge part of how they became the most popular phone maker in the us

I'm skeptical. A robust permission model limiting the damage an ill-behaved app was surely part of it, as was the existence of a curated app store. The relative rarity of people directly installing apps on Android suggests Apple didn't really need to force the use of that curated store.

> because they dont want people to brick their phone on accident

Or worse, blow them up.