> Note also that while they are not completely removing sideloading (for now) they are introducing further restrictions on it, including gate-keeping by them.

This blog post is specifically saying there will be a way to bypass the gatekeeping on Google-blessed Android builds, just as we wanted.

> But that kind of privacy based security model is anathema to Google because its whole business model is based on violating its users' privacy.

Despite this, they sell some of the most privacy-capable phones available, with the Pixels having unlockable bootloaders. Even without unlocking the bootloader to install something like GrapheneOS, they support better privacy than the other mass market mobile phones by Samsung and Apple, which both admittedly set a low bar.