At this point I believe google is personally trying to rub it in my face that they can do what they want. I have been a user of android for 15+ years and have

At this point I believe google is personally trying to rub it in my face that they can do what they want. I have been a user of android for 15+ years and have had a pixel 4a for the past three years and was happy with it. In january they had a cryptic announcement that some 4a's needed a software update to deal with an unspecified battery issue. The three options provided weren't described well and once you choose you can't change your mind. The software really nerfed the battery on the phone and it often refuses to charge or lies about the level of charge, and it needs to be charged five times a day. I opted to go with the $100 discount and I was going to get an 8a (list $499). At the time the google store had it on sale for $100. They took three weeks to issue the discount code, just after the sale ended, so it was kind of a charade. Fine. I go to redeem it ... and they won't just accept my credit card which they have on file and routinely charge things against it. It turns out, to use the code you have to send a picture of your credit card and front and back of your driver's license! Last night I bought an 8a without the discount code because I don't want to send that info. And today they announce the 9a at the same price. F me. This has pushed me to degoogle my life more. I'm going to install grapheneOS and I'm seriously considering dropping google fiber and go back to spectrum (which is its own horror show, but doesn't have the power of google).