- cross-posted to:
- privacy@programming.dev
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@programming.dev
This is a list of phone manufacturers that lock their bootloaders to prevent people from installing custom operating systems (LineageOS etc) to remove bloatware and spyware/tracking.



they are collecting it to protect it, like a British Museum
And like a British museum, they won’t let you have it back.
But they will let visitors come and check it out!
For a fee