A common user can not be expected to go through with flashing an Android device. A technical user, sure. But a technical user could also simply go and disable

A common user can not be expected to go through with flashing an Android device. A technical user, sure. But a technical user could also simply go and disable much of the offending apps via `adb` effectively removing them (without uninstalling them) from the device. This is a much less drastic move than flashing a device. And contrary to belief, Google is not monitoring everything that happens on the device. Let's give the aluminum hat a bit of a rest here.