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>>kotaKa+(OP)
I predict Windows will end up going this route before Google backtracks on it.

This is the future; partially fuelled by malware, partially fuelled by the desire for platform control, and partially fuelled by government regulation.

>>wvenab+0I
As an example of government regulation driving this change, see [1].

This regulation of NSW, Australia considers rooted devices with extra non-Google/non-Apple approved security features such as a duress/wipe PIN (a standard feature of GrapheneOS[2]) as a "dedicated encrypted criminal communication device". How the device is being used doesn't matter. It's how it _could_ be used.

[1] https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ca190...

[2] https://grapheneos.org/features#duress

>>dhx+oU
I could use a knife to chop meat, not people; I could use a car to commute, not as a high speed bullet; I could use a gun to eliminate pests, not to kill people. Just because I can use something to do something nefarious doesn't mean it should be banned, of we should not use Internet at all because it facilitates scammers.

It is always the human mind that dictates the action, not the tool. It is futile to try and ban the tool, and I bet 100% they knew that.