Yes. A decision like this creates the impetus to move to alternatives like Jolla OS that have an Android-compatible layer. 20 years in, the so-called "smartpho

Yes. A decision like this creates the impetus to move to alternatives like Jolla OS that have an Android-compatible layer. 20 years in, the so-called "smartphone" duopoly have jointly converged towards a "dumb terminal" strategy, where almost nothing can be done without cloud-based authentication from a centralized third party. And this was the case prior to the AI horse manure they're baking into the OS. I use the Fossify forks of Simple Mobile Tools apps (Gallery, File Manager, Calculator) because these can be installed via APK files and just be left alone. My Google Calculator app on the other hand seems to want to download new updates every single month.