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.

They don't come into your own house and tell you what to do though. The police aren't going to arrest you for swimming in your own pool without a lifeguard. That's completely absurd.

I don't know where you live, but lots of places require you to secure your pool in such a way that people can't accidentally drown in it.

For example https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/personal-injury/attract...

Societies often place limits on individual freedoms.

And those laws are completely unjust. It is absurd to place an obligation on someone to protect people who are trespassing on the owner's property. If you are poking around someone else's home, it's on you if you get into something that hurts you.