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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
Unless they give F-Droid access, the antitrust prosecution will double.

>>chasil+jH
Yeah, I'll just ditch Google over this. The only reason I put up with their crap is because I can actually just install software on my phone. If they take that away, there's no motivation to stay.

>>rpdill+OQ
Ditch Google for what?

>>ekianj+wW
An unofficial build of Android, like Grapheneos. It likely won't be able to install apps from the Play Store, but at that point it might be a blessing.

>>cybera+qY
grapheneOS relies on the goodwill of Google to keep Pixel devices open right?

>>ekianj+Tu1
They are apparently in talks with a vendor to produce official devices. But yeah, the open Android ecosystem is shrinking.

Samsung recently stopped allowing the bootloader unlocking. HTC stopped allowing bootloader unlocking in 2018.

My bet is on Nothingphone or Fairphone remaining open for a while.