i bought a motorola g30 and was pleasantly surprised with the stock feel. i could uninstall any app and i did. i am not forced to any dark patterns or forced to see ads or recommendations or asked to give consent to data sharing. not signed in to any google or any system account. the software "hides" between me and the work be it calls or apps or browsing. i want that, not being reminded to be stuck with a beacon.
i understand the whole hacker culture arond xiaomi and devs. i had an xiaomi mi pad 1. someone here on HN told me about a custom rom and in less than 3 hours i managed to brick the device. now i am unable to use it.
please help me understand one thing, what is with android custom os companies and locking down bootloader and making the process so finicky ? why isn't the system designed to be as easy as installing windows or linux or even how raspberry pi installs the os? why is android so fucked up bad in this regard?
