You could say that. The lack of root is only significant because unlike in other vendors the built-in backup doesn't work reliably, and you can't use third par

You could say that. The lack of root is only significant because unlike in other vendors the built-in backup doesn't work reliably, and you can't use third party software. But I'm very hopeful, recently they released this Messages update, they're working on introducing native RCS somehow (no idea how but I wish them well), and they recently made a first-class automated call recording.