> I understand that around the 90s owning anything with an OS also implied the ability to mess with the box of bolts and circuits that run the OS but that’s no

> I understand that around the 90s owning anything with an OS also implied the ability to mess with the box of bolts and circuits that run the OS but that’s no longer the case. At least not when it comes to phones. Incorrect. It is still the case with nearly all Android phones. You can install any OS version, gain full permissions, mess with kernels, modules, frameworks, recoveries, ...