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		<title>^&amp;*: Replaced content with &quot;https://consumerrights.wiki/w/User:%5E%26*/Digital_Ownership_Superact  My page&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Replaced content with &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;/w/User:%5E%26*/Digital_Ownership_Superact&quot; title=&quot;User:^&amp;amp;*/Digital Ownership Superact&quot;&gt;https://consumerrights.wiki/w/User:%5E%26*/Digital_Ownership_Superact&lt;/a&gt;  My page&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;DISCLAIMER&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;: &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;This article is perphaps more opinionated and it &#039;&#039;&#039;may&#039;&#039;&#039; uses facts &#039;&#039;(relevant to the violation of consumer right) (however it affects, maybe, a certain community, this isn&#039;t owned by me, and neither is this issue relates to me; personally)&#039;&#039;. And may contain grammatical errors&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[User&lt;/ins&gt;:&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;^&amp;amp;*/Digital Ownership Superact|https://consumerrights&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;wiki/w/User:%5E%26*/Digital_Ownership_Superact]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;It also proposes an hypothetical &#039;&#039;(collection of)&#039;&#039; acts; the intention of this &#039;&#039;(hypothetical; collection of)&#039;&#039; act is help improve for those who tinker on their &#039;&#039;&#039;BOUGHT&#039;&#039;&#039; devices &#039;&#039;(more information below)&#039;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;My page&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;ADDENDUM&#039;&#039;&#039;: The introduction of this paragraph is a piece of my perspective. However this may seems contradictory as stated &#039;&#039;&quot;neither is this issue relates to me; personally&quot;&#039;&#039;, however its explain the motive behind the &#039;&#039;&#039;proposal act&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;----&amp;lt;big&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;u&amp;gt;The Motive&amp;lt;/u&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;/big&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;I switched from Apple to Android, since one of its [https://source.android.com/docs/core/architecture/bootloader/locking_unlocking core value of android is rooting]; as this decision was due to Apple&#039;s infame of banning the ability to root the bootloader (to only be jailbroken; even then around Wednesday 25th February; around the time of writing this article; this have gotten harder or more restrictive). I have gotten a Samsung device, &#039;&#039;(since it was android)&#039;&#039;, however until few days, I realised, they blocked the bootloader recently in OneUI 8. [https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame Nuked It] &#039;&#039;(Note: it does reference other companies doing this dirty trick)&#039;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;big&amp;gt;&amp;lt;u&amp;gt;So what?&amp;lt;/u&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/big&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;You may think that this issue isn&#039;t major. This I disagree &#039;&#039;(to an extent; it&#039;s not important to a level such as the genocide in Gaza as an example, but I digress)&#039;&#039;. In a common argument, that &#039;&#039;&#039;YOUR&#039;&#039;&#039; device &#039;&#039;&#039;YOU&#039;&#039;&#039; meant to own. The &#039;&#039;&quot;removal of unlocking the bootloader&quot;&#039;&#039;; such companies I will predict they will say &quot;its for security reasons&quot; but they and I know its there to just to control &#039;&#039;&#039;YOU&#039;&#039;&#039;. This is perphaps a weak argument as it opinionated. However it can be expanded upon such as &quot;loss&quot; of control to be reinforced.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Another argument is that its an &#039;&#039;&#039;PRIVACY CONCERN!&#039;&#039;&#039; For example, you not allowed to switch OS, if you wanted to. So this limits to the Stock OS, which is proprietary likely, as they pre-installed it. The companies can add malware or more specifically, a subset, which is spyware, such that they can serve ads &#039;&#039;(most likely)&#039;&#039;. Short argument. I know this can be expanded however this will be keep short.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Final argument &#039;&#039;(for this subsection)&#039;&#039; is that this issue may not be affecting YOU but it is indirectly &#039;&#039;&#039;in the near future or now&#039;&#039;&#039;, whether you like it or not. The fact they blocked the bootloader can be suggesting that this could further be &#039;&#039;&#039;re-inforced by other privacy-invasive acts such as Age Verification&#039;&#039;&#039;, and since this benefits the company &#039;&#039;(liking data collection for M-O-NEY)&#039;&#039; and the politicians; this allows to sneakily add that abominable feature and takes advantage: by either having dark patterns in the privacy terms and services &#039;&#039;(such as purposely using [[wikipedia:Weasel_word|weasel words]])&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;(most likely)&#039;&#039; people don&#039;t want to read and rather use the device &#039;&#039;(now)&#039;&#039; and because its proprietary software, this can go undetected for a while. Additionally, the Age Verification is worsen presented by this [https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=2gpNyrWgWbg video] &#039;&#039;(Note it contains swear words)&#039;&#039;.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;big&amp;gt;&amp;lt;u&amp;gt;So what do you propose?&amp;lt;/u&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/big&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Before I say &#039;&#039;&quot;I propose ...&quot;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;I am not a legal expert nor have the experience in law&#039;&#039;&#039; therefore if the act was applied, this could do more harm than good &#039;&#039;(despite my intention of this act to help me and others in a privacy-focused way since too many acts are &#039;&#039;&#039;AGAINST privacy&#039;&#039;&#039;, what about acts that &#039;&#039;&#039;GIVES privacy&#039;&#039;&#039;).&#039;&#039; &lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Additionally, this &#039;&#039;&#039;proposed act is of course, just an idea&#039;&#039;&#039;, it can be &#039;&#039;&#039;debated&#039;&#039;&#039; to be in a better form, a fairer form or a form that goes against what it was originally meant, whatever it is, as long it forces manufacturers &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;(making hardware and/or software)&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; to allow &#039;&#039;&#039;FULLY-OFFLINE-BOOTLOADER-UNLOCKING option, with HARSH punishments &#039;&#039;(such as fines since they can pay and further reinforces the idea that the rich gets away but can be included with another punishments so long this a disincentive rather than a gimmick to these multi-billionaire companies)&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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		<title>^&amp;*: Confusion with article creation, I am not sure if its duplicated as its broken link when recreated the page?</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Confusion with article creation, I am not sure if its duplicated as its broken link when recreated the page?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;DISCLAIMER&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;: This article is perphaps more opinionated and it &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;may&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; uses facts &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(relevant to the violation of consumer right) (however it affects, maybe, a certain community, this isn&amp;#039;t owned by me, and neither is this issue relates to me; personally)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. And may contain grammatical errors.&lt;br /&gt;
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It also proposes an hypothetical &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(collection of)&amp;#039;&amp;#039; acts; the intention of this &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(hypothetical; collection of)&amp;#039;&amp;#039; act is help improve for those who tinker on their &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;BOUGHT&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; devices &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(more information below)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;ADDENDUM&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;: The introduction of this paragraph is a piece of my perspective. However this may seems contradictory as stated &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;neither is this issue relates to me; personally&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, however its explain the motive behind the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;proposal act&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
----&amp;lt;big&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;u&amp;gt;The Motive&amp;lt;/u&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/big&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I switched from Apple to Android, since one of its [https://source.android.com/docs/core/architecture/bootloader/locking_unlocking core value of android is rooting]; as this decision was due to Apple&amp;#039;s infame of banning the ability to root the bootloader (to only be jailbroken; even then around Wednesday 25th February; around the time of writing this article; this have gotten harder or more restrictive). I have gotten a Samsung device, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(since it was android)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, however until few days, I realised, they blocked the bootloader recently in OneUI 8. [https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame Nuked It] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(Note: it does reference other companies doing this dirty trick)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;big&amp;gt;&amp;lt;u&amp;gt;So what?&amp;lt;/u&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/big&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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You may think that this issue isn&amp;#039;t major. This I disagree &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(to an extent; it&amp;#039;s not important to a level such as the genocide in Gaza as an example, but I digress)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. In a common argument, that &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;YOUR&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; device &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;YOU&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; meant to own. The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;removal of unlocking the bootloader&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;; such companies I will predict they will say &amp;quot;its for security reasons&amp;quot; but they and I know its there to just to control &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;YOU&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. This is perphaps a weak argument as it opinionated. However it can be expanded upon such as &amp;quot;loss&amp;quot; of control to be reinforced.&lt;br /&gt;
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Another argument is that its an &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;PRIVACY CONCERN!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; For example, you not allowed to switch OS, if you wanted to. So this limits to the Stock OS, which is proprietary likely, as they pre-installed it. The companies can add malware or more specifically, a subset, which is spyware, such that they can serve ads &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(most likely)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Short argument. I know this can be expanded however this will be keep short.&lt;br /&gt;
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Final argument &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(for this subsection)&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is that this issue may not be affecting YOU but it is indirectly &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;in the near future or now&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, whether you like it or not. The fact they blocked the bootloader can be suggesting that this could further be &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;re-inforced by other privacy-invasive acts such as Age Verification&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and since this benefits the company &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(liking data collection for M-O-NEY)&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and the politicians; this allows to sneakily add that abominable feature and takes advantage: by either having dark patterns in the privacy terms and services &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(such as purposely using [[wikipedia:Weasel_word|weasel words]])&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(most likely)&amp;#039;&amp;#039; people don&amp;#039;t want to read and rather use the device &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(now)&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and because its proprietary software, this can go undetected for a while. Additionally, the Age Verification is worsen presented by this [https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=2gpNyrWgWbg video] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(Note it contains swear words)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;big&amp;gt;&amp;lt;u&amp;gt;So what do you propose?&amp;lt;/u&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/big&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Before I say &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;I propose ...&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;I am not a legal expert nor have the experience in law&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; therefore if the act was applied, this could do more harm than good &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(despite my intention of this act to help me and others in a privacy-focused way since too many acts are &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;AGAINST privacy&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, what about acts that &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;GIVES privacy&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;).&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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Additionally, this &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;proposed act is of course, just an idea&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, it can be &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;debated&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; to be in a better form, a fairer form or a form that goes against what it was originally meant, whatever it is, as long it forces manufacturers &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;(making hardware and/or software)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; to allow &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;FULLY-OFFLINE-BOOTLOADER-UNLOCKING option, with HARSH punishments &amp;#039;&amp;#039;(such as fines since they can pay and further reinforces the idea that the rich gets away but can be included with another punishments so long this a disincentive rather than a gimmick to these multi-billionaire companies)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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