Is it possible to allow sideloading and keep users safe?

>Is it possible to allow sideloading and keep users safe?

Why is this a question of _allow_? Who is my hardware provider that he is somehow my guardian and must _allow_ me to install software that I want to install?

>Is it possible to allow people to do sports and keep them safe?

>Is it possible to allow people to roam freely and keep them safe?

>Is it possible to allow people to not be locked up in a padded cell and keep them safe?

People are responsible for what they are doing, and teaching them about technology is the best way to do deal with this example here, as it doesn't infringe anyone's human rights and would give anyone the resources to check their sources.

Every sporting body that I know of has rules to keep people safe. Even dangerous sports like boxing and American Football pit some effort into keeping participants reasonably safe.

Similarly, every modern society has rules to keep people safe when roaming. That might be as simple as warning signs it as complex as a coastguard.

We've had decades of warning people about online scams and I don't see any slowdown in the volume of scammy emails that I receive. Education clearly isnt working - and that imposes a cost on all of us.

We've had decades of 'simple warning signs' or measures as complex as coastguards and yet people are still periodically lost in the wilderness, badly injured, or even killed. Education clearly isn't working here either — what restrictions should we impose on people's right to roam to solve this?

You clearly know the answer here since you used the word “periodically”. There’s a massive difference between hundreds and millions. No one is stopping you from buying a non Google phone, no one is stopping you from running calyx or graphene. Mitigation for the things that affect the most number of people is how the world works.