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then don't.
it's not something your being forced to do. it's the lifting of an unnecessary restriction that in turn gives you more power on your device.
If they don't then they might lose the Brazilian market and who knows what comes after. It's less about what Apple wants to do and more about what they might be forced to do.
It costs them nothing. Sideloading on iOS is already a thing, they spend more restricting the hell out of it than just letting you do it
You're right, at what cost..?
Windows and Mac OS are both closed source but both allow apps outside an app store. No issue with the code base there.