This is really concerning for the Android ecosystem.

It will make development much harder and slower for CalyxOS and Graphene - which is very bad news as they are tiny teams.

As I understand it this affects all models to a degree, even Fairphone, as source code for Pixels made it easier to see how code could be adapted to support new Android features/APIs/etc for third party phones.

Whelp guess I’ll be hoping Linux phones rapidly improve in quality and availability.

OP specifically used cop unlocking your phone as an example. Don’t argue in bad faith.

Absolutely no access control on a consumer device is impervious to guns and torture.