I believe that you are all barking up the wrong tree.

The point here is not really about Red Pill Mode[ or not.

The purpose of Red Pill Mode is not, and never was, the installation of packages obtained from other sources.

This functionality used to be a completely separate menu option in previous incarnations of maemo - see screenshot.

Add this option back into the menu and most of the objections to the removal of Red Pill Mode would vanish!