> Android devices allow side loading

Possibly not for long, though. There has been speculation that Google will push to have its "Advanced Protection" model extended to mass-market phones. This would make it impossible to side-load apps, except for that tiny minority of nerds like us who know how to enable ADB and push the app to the device over the command line.

And I get get into the cake store by going through the dark alley and into the back entrance even though the front door sign says closed. Everyone knows the reach is drastically limited, which is the entire point.