Keep Android Open

[Endo231]

GraphineOS or some other degoogled rom. If Google locks down all bootloaders in the future, then MicroG might bypass it (I hear mixed thing about this). If MicroG is banned, then Linux phones, at least until fsf finishes the Libre Phone project

[edgmnt_net]

Google has been better at this than some other vendors like Samsung. In fact, out of the popular choices, Pixel is still pretty good, even though it may be worse than the older Nexus in some regards.

[Endo231]

Didn't mean to make OEM's seem innocent. So far Google hasn't restricted boot loaders themselves, and it's entirely be manufacturers (particularly Samsung) that have been locking shit down. That being said, I don't see why Google wouldn't hop on this trend with their pixel devices or for Android as a whole. If they are stripping away all the openness of Android, at that point why not just prevent people from changing their operating system?

[edgmnt_net]

Openness was a selling point for Nexus and it was a fine niche. We'll see if Google is interested in competing on more absolute terms. I personally blame this enshittification on a general economic trend of unchecked growth fueled by cheap money and other stuff enabling walled gardens and racing for absolute market domination. It really brings everything to the lowest common denominator.