Whatever your opinion on #Google #Android side loading, a lot of comments on places like twitter and reddit sound like that dude who was like "a license to drive a car? What's next, a license to make toast in my own toaster? They're all like it's MY phone I bought with MY money and I'll do what I damn well please like okay edgeboy relax it's just a telephone it'll be okay nobody is taking away side loading from you specifically.
Except Google is only concerned with safety to the extent it enables their control and monopoly, whereas protecting people from car crashes was a real issue.