Also, if you can, replace your ROM. OnePlus 9 doesn’t receive any updates anymore. It’s not secure on the stock rom. OP can consider LineageOS.

Yeah that’s worrying for both phones. OnePlus just doesn’t promise updates and longevity. The Fairphone does make these promises, but with a bad track record and the current hardware I’m not certain it will be useful very long.

Yes, that’s exactly it. I edited my post so everyone can give feedback to Google about for what it’s worth.

I used LineageOS for a long time on my OnePlus One and moved to iPhone since last year. Tried S24 ultra for a month, but I disliked a lot of things. Now I’m getting fed up with the walled garden and the aas kissing Tim Cook does in the White House. I prefer Chinese phones of American ones. Google is the only issue, but I know my way around Shizuku to uninstall bloatware/spyware from Google. But I’m worried apps like ReVanced, NewPipe and several F-Droid apps won’t work because of this dumb policy.

I personally want to keep using ReVanced, Newpipe and a lot of F-Droid apps. I’m just worried in the future it will all be taken away. I have two iPhones now. In the past I used Samsung, but didn’t like the multiple and double of everything. 2 app stores, 2 webbrowsers, 2 note taking apps, 2 mail apps. Some of it was deletable and some wasn’t. I do feel like OnePlus comes with less bloatware.

I especially feel like apple is opening up more and Google is closing down Android more. They’re moving to the same point in a spectrum. Which is IMO a false sense of freedom and ownership. It’s how dictators rule a country: you can do whatever you, but only if we like it.

I think they already did something to frustrate forks of Android not too long ago. Not sure what it was exactly, but for new updates developers now have to reverse engineer Google’s updates first before they can update their custom forks… I wish there was a kickstarter or something to create a third OS based on open and fair principles. One that’s actually usable with the most basic apps. I can do most with web apps, but not everything.

There isn’t barely any good alternative for smartphones. Tech companies and CEO’s are now what the Church and the Pope were in the Middle Ages. Both keep the masses dumb, ignorant and hateful.

At this point, I just need a community device. And I’ll gladly pay monthly for an OS that has the basics with a web browser and full privacy.

Just you wait until EU representatives start licking American/Trump buttholes and reverse every sanction or law imposed on US tech.