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That's fine. They should be LEGALLY required to allow ME to make that call and offer an avenue to allow me to remove it all.
Nobody is saying everyone's machine MUST be completely open and insecure.
But that's a far cry from giving me no recourse to make MY hardware do what I want it to.
And before anybody screams "liability", they're going to hold you to an EULA anyway - throw a couple lines in there.
Neither am I. I don't disagree that Google is overstepping with the restrictions they're imposing lately. It's a point I'll damn well argue, myself.
The problem I take is with the argument the OP presents, because it incorrectly suggests that the average user has (or should have) an expert-level knowledge of their devices. Safety rails exist for a reason. Yes, they're going too far; but no, removing them outright would not be the better solution.