that was pretty much clear years ago, when they moved onto to thier inhouse chips.

they will just ignore it.

and most phones are newer, which are harder to crack.

and avoid our datamining capabilities, and the intrusive AI we keep pushing on unwanted customers. we knew thier android core app(spyware) was the first step. they probably want that to permanantly installed into everyones phone.

they saw how apple is profitable from being completely walled in garden.

i have a feeling that google largely gave up on making a decent phone for a while, all they want is your data, plus to put thier AI into everything to offset the cost of using AI.

google can unilaterally decide if they dont like it, they cant have it in the store.

thats pretty aggressive to unlock it, i dont think non-tech saavy people will go for it.

i have the OP just incase, but im hearing they want to soft-lockdown it too. is fairphone even available outside the EU? in the us.

google likely has that data already, use any of thier apps, they got it, searching on google, taking pictures, emails.

google is pretty aggressively trying to datamine people for a while, Reddit is thier playgound.

they wont be able to sustain it, without the 'worker" slaves turning on them, what more likely to happen is they live in the pristine cities while everyone else not part of that circle is in the slums outside the city.

it will be worst, since most people wont have jobs, and are outside the cities in SLUMS. think ds9 2024 episode, or 4400 show.

true too, i use my banking app mostly on the PC anyways, because i can just block thier ability with adblockers, tracking,etc.

people might have to considered a stock android just to use the bank apps on a cheap phone, and one for personal use.

us has made every country dependant on it, which is why the brics was created o offeset it, but it isnt doing really good right now.

even the OP phone is considering doing a soft-blocking of bootloader

google can just revoke it if they dont like it. they certainly want to become apple down the line.

and any apk installed eventually, and custom OS, that doesnt come from the google store front. im not tech savvy but im using apk of many apps right now. if only someone can develop a “storefront” where it seperate from google.

they want to identify them, and issue cease and desist, or buy them out, thats the real reason, and to acquire thier OS to lock down android even harder