What are the chances that Amazon eventually gets rid of side-loading too?

The current changes don't affect me, but this sets a pretty bad precedent for what could come, and now I feel kind of conflicted about having bought my Kindle. I'm enjoying it and it's a quality product, but I don't trust Amazon or any American company for that matter.

If there's one thing about literally every single American company, it's that they will always, without fail, follow the path towards blatant enshittification where the quality of a product eventually degrades, features are removed, advertisements increase, anything to increase profit at the expense of the user experience. It feels like I should just have my Kindle permanently in airplane mode. I simply do not trust Amazon.

The current changes make me kind of concerned for the future of features like side-loading, especially in instances when I have to get books from places other than the Kindle store.