I totally agree with your sentiment, but can't you still do that with Android?
IIUC, you can still load apps directly via adb. Is that not correct?
IIUC, you can still load apps directly via adb. Is that not correct?
I can't entirely understand Google's announcement, but it almost sounded to me like they will forbid sideloading if you're not an "official" dev (gone through their hoops). I also saw something in their statement about wanting to support hobbyists. It sounded like an afterthought.