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>>kotaKa+(OP)
They have the ecosystem by the balls. Phone manufacturers in recent years have been making unlocking & modifying their devices more and more difficult, google and app developers have been cracking down harder on modded devices by implementing TPM equivalents in the hardware to sign and verify that your system is a google-appproved one, and alternatives still are decades behind in terms of app ecosystem.

I think they might just get away with it.

>>mid-ki+tz
> and alternatives still are decades behind in terms of app ecosystem.

That's if they're available at all. In my country, only cell phones certified by the telecommunications government agency (ANATEL) can be imported, so the alternatives (Jolla, PinePhone, Fairphone) simply don't exist.

>>cesarb+iJ
If you don't mind sharing, which country is that?

>>Spaghe+KJ
It takes less time to search and find that Anatel is the Brazilian telecom agency than it does to type that comment.

They do marvellous things like mandate weird Brazilian Android games on the phone I bought in Brazil.

>>Y_Y+1L
> mandate weird Brazilian Android games on the phone I bought in Brazil.

Uhm, this sounds more like something from the Ministry of Culture, maybe some tax incentive for manufacturers promoting local productions.

I could be wrong though. Curious to know if Anatel has issued any ordinance in this regard, just did a quick search but could find nothing so far.