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Can someone ELI5 me what's so special about Google's SoCs that no other manufacturer could do (preferably citing sources not involved)?
I still find it weird that a major manufacturer would bother with a ROM.
this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2026
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Being able to lock the bootloader with custom keys. Major OEMs do not want people to bypass their backdoors. Google signalled they will shift away from it too so Motorola is a welcome addition
Oki. I'll wait then. Was gonna get OnePlus 15 but but features is so meh - just pushing ai and I'm not interested