Yes, but only because it wasn't backed by hardware-accelerated encryption (like the iPhone is). I feel like this is mostly Qualcomm's fault, but also Google's

Yes, but only because it wasn't backed by hardware-accelerated encryption (like the iPhone is). I feel like this is mostly Qualcomm's fault, but also Google's for announcing a product (FDE) that wasn't actually fully ready to come to market (typical half-assism from Google, I would say). This pisses me off because many people now might not want to use encryption anymore even when it does get hardware accelerated and the issue is solved, because of all the articles that "encryption slows down your Android devices" Google has caused to appear now.