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Google used false benevolence to excuse this restriction:

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Google is implying to users that "because it's necessary and accepted there, it's just as necessary here too". This is an invalid comparison given that airplanes belong to their respective airlines while a smartphone belongs to the person who purchased it. It is more similar to Google installing an airport security station infront of home owner's doorsteps. Google takes ownership away from the smartphone owner by assuming the final decision on which software can run on Android devices.

Storage Access Framework is no replacement for legacy storage access given its slowness from its large processing overhead. The performance loss may be concealed to some extent from the fast hardware smartphones have nowadays, but even then, it increases battery usage. In addition, it breached compatibility with all apps previously developed over the span of several years.<ref name=SAF>[https://www.xda-developers.com/android-q-storage-access-framework-scoped-storage/ The Storage Access Framework is the only way for apps to work with all your files in Android Q. And it's terrible.] - XDA developers</ref><ref name=SAF2>[https://archive.today/2025.08.23-201715/https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/65dn8x/horrible_access_storage_framework_performance/ Horrible access storage framework performance] - androiddev - Reddit</ref>

Justin Denison, Samsung's public relations person, said:

However, OnePlus marketed this practice as "encrypting" the battery. Given that people associate "encryption" with something positive (for example end-to-end encryption on a messaging service), OnePlus attempted to "recycle" this word to glorify an anti-repair practice.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgtFSHCGNIk Oneplus' tablet uses an encrypted battery; how's that for repairability?] - Louis Rossmann</ref><ref>[https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/oneplus-takes-on-the-ipad-with-the-oneplus-pad/ OnePlus takes on the iPad with the OnePlus Pad - Ars Technica]</ref>

Google tried to implement Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) on the Internet, giving it the name "Web Environment Integrity API".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i0Ho-x7s_U Google's trying to DRM the internet, and we have to make sure they fail] - Louis Rossmann ([https://www.brighteon.com/1f4125e9-f0cd-46a3-bf38-0ff22881c0f9 Brighteon mirror], [https://old.bitchute.com/video/Jl7ze8KjhWvK/ BitChute mirror])</ref><ref>[https://www.jodybruchon.com/2023/07/22/web-environment-integrity-must-be-stopped-enslavement-by-remote-attestation/ Web Environment Integrity Must Be Stopped: Enslavement By "Remote Attestation" - Jody Bruchon]</ref>

In the 2000s and early 2010s, three or four USB ports built into laptops were not uncommon. Modern laptops in contrast usually feature one or two USB-A ports and might feature an USB-C port, in addition to less modular and less upgradeable parts. In reality, this has the opposite effect: due to fewer built-in ports on their laptops, the user is forced to carry hubs and adapters to be able to use the same functionality as before, which outweighs any portability benefit that the thinness might have afforded. Netbooks already existed as the category of laptops for people primarily interested in thinness.<ref>[https://archive.today/2022.12.17-000103/https://www.easydongle.com/why-do-new-laptops-have-less-ports/ Why are so many laptops having less ports?] </ref>

So they brought it back with Android 5.0, however only through Google's Storage Access Framework, which comes with a large processing overhead, resulting in slower speeds, especially when handling a high number of files.<ref name=SAF /><ref name=SAF2 />