> Or so I thought. The problem, as I found out, is that sideloading can be a monumental pain. I’m happy to say I now have Apollo working on my iPhone again, but the whole process was and is such an ongoing hassle, and I have a new appreciation for Apple’s fight against sideloading.

OP seems to draw the wrong conclusion... Sideloading is such a hassle to a large extent due to Apple intentionally making it so. Stockholm syndrome or submarine?