[throwaway-571]

The first duty of public companies is to the shareholders. Users fuzzy feelings figure very little in the incentive structure. Sideloading is probably too damaging to the short term profits of the company to be on the table. Or it might not even be a question worth considering for the board .

[SiliconAlley]

I agree. I hope this will be enough of a disaster in terms of optics that it renders him unfit and forces this outcome.