The attempt to restrict installing and development of applications, Android’s development now happening closed doors and now we’re getting updates only quarterly.
The way the stock Android experienced is quite bloated (when I got this one I was annoyed how power button just put me to Google Assistant than give me the power/restart options) and just my big dislike of Big Tech like Google just has made me run custom ROMs full time and I am worried in long term Android will become non-free eventually.
I feel the same. Have been using Android since version 2. I always preferred it to iOS because of it’s openness. Love F-Droid and Obtainium, but that ecosystem doesn’t have a bright future ahead once Google locks everything down. I’m looking into Linux phones. Gonna try postmarketOS on an old Pixel 3a soon. I don’t really see a future for an open Android as long as it’s controlled by Google.