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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
It's incredibly obnoxious when people type "in my country" as if we're all supposed to just... know where they live. It's also incredibly common. Why do people do this?

>>ripdog+7M
The actual country is not relevant, the important part is that countries exist where this is the case. Mentioning the specific country invites potential bias that means people may not take the concern seriously, thinking their country wouldn't do the same.