I genuinely don't really get it. If someone tells me "here is an app I wrote, it is not open source, I won't tell you who I am and you need to sideload it", I most definitely won't install it. Who would do that?
If it is open source, then I can build and install it myself. If the developer gets verified, then I can sideload it.
I totally agree that device manufacturers should be forced by law to make it possible to run an alternative OS like GrapheneOS, but this topic gets virtually no attention. Whereas everybody seems very pissed about the sideloading story.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45017028
2300 comments' worth of discussion from last week
Talk about this with your family and friends. It is the most important tech issue we are facing today.
"With developer verification in the form of sending in a scan of your government ID now mandatory, along with providing your contact information."