> Par for the course in embedded development. It may be, but I don't don't see why it must be that way any more than it must be that way on the desktop. At le

> Par for the course in embedded development. It may be, but I don't don't see why it must be that way any more than it must be that way on the desktop. At least give me full exposed control over whether and what connections it makes even if the defaults are what they are now!* I can live with that, if there is graceful degradation. Android is not written with the idea that anyone should have that kind of control over their own device. *I get that Google doesn't owe this to anybody, which leads back to the need for a privacy-first/RYF type of phone HW and SW.