And do you honestly believe that it is a bad thing that ordinary, unsavvy with computers users will not immediately be able to install applications from unverified sources?
Yes I do. At least as long as it is required for them to be signed by Apple issued certificates.
As for the Big Brother reference, it was not name-calling. Apple specifically said we are not like the faceless, nameless corporate nightmare (then IBM, later Microsoft). Apple was different.
And now they have looked their customers computers down harder than Microsoft ever did and have taken from their users the freedom to choose. They have become what they fought against.
And do you honestly believe that it is a bad thing that ordinary, unsavvy with computers users will not immediately be able to install applications from unverified sources?