Hey, anyone here owns an Android phone?

My iphone 11 is uhhh reaching its end I think. And instead of the next iphone, I think I'll move to android, I think I can do it. I had an android in the past and I went WHOAAAAA while seeing the amount of free apps you can install on your device. My friends recommend Samsung though tbh I don't understand jack about phones.

However, I recently read that google is planning to block sideloading apps?

Anything you can say about android phones/android OS/google sideloading?