> my mom just got completely owned

Any evidence this was caused by "sideloading"?

It's a great comedy that someone comes along with a "think of my grandma!" appeal to emotion while neglecting that there is no way mom side loaded a virus and it's way more likely they opened Google chrome or some email and clicked one too many links.

They mentioned the likely cause in the next sentence:

> The most likely vector was that her phone was out of date and not receiving security patches anymore.

I believe these individuals are suggesting that locked-down ecosystems can be beneficial in certain situations. They help prevent regular users from compromising their device security... assuming they keep them updated...