alt Hacker News> where sideloading is far too popular and gets abused far too much.
Why do we consider user installation of software abuse? Plenty of people install software from non-play repositories simply to prevent Google from getting data about their app profile.
The issue I spoke of, is not by the user, but by the fraudsters tricking people into installing malicious apps.
I disagree that such protections (at the expense of the power users) are necessary, but, OTOH, you cannot just ignore such issue existing in the first place, because it does exist, and Google already does have the tools to combat it (by scanning all apps regardless of origin, and blocking malicious ones).