Google has made a terrible decision and their justification for doing this is just laughable. Already right now, if a user wants to install an unverified app, they have to explicitly allow it through settings. They could have moved this option in to the developer settings feature to make it harder for normal people to sideload but still allow developers to sideload. Also Play Store itself is plagued with apps with severe vulnerabilities.

Google has lost its consumers for good. This is really sad. I have no reason to buy an android anymore when I upgrade my phone in the future. At least Apple does gaslight us