Comment by logicprog

Right, but you can get the benefit of the walled garden by just... choosing to only install apps that have been vetted and verified by Apple through their app store, and not from anywhere else. These people are acting like the possibility of getting apps from elsewhere personally affects them, but if they are competent enough adults to know that it's more secure to get apps from the Apple App Store, then it won't, because they aren't forced to use other apps. And yeah maybe that isn't possible for old people or very young people because they aren't competent adults anymore, technologically speaking, but then maybe you could add a parental controls feature that locks down side loading apps or something like that. You don't need to remove the feature entirely to make everyone safe.