[eropple]

I think, honestly, the only real answer is "don't buy locked devices if you want to make those choices." Google doesn't control those devices, and that part of Android is open source. You can make those decisions, but you're earning the consequences with them.

This, as it happens, is why I buy phones with unlockable bootloaders. My current phone uses the OEM build, but I like having that choice.

[ocdtrekkie]

Google :does: control those devices. They're MADA agreement devices, which means Google approves every device that goes to sale, and Google approves every software update they release.

Unfortunately, as a Verizon customer, I don't have a wide variety of options with unlockable bootloaders. And the battery life on the Turbo was simply, the only feature that mattered. Usually there's an unlock within a few months, but there still isn't one at this point for the Turbo, I guess.

[eropple]

Obviously it wasn't the only feature that mattered, though? I mean, you're complaining about another feature right now. =) Like, I'm sympathetic, but this is a solvable problem with the information at hand. Buy phones with unlocked bootloaders. (As it happens, this is why I steer clear of Verizon...)

[ocdtrekkie]

Heh, well, half a year later. I placed more faith in Android security than was warranted. Verizon is non-optional for me.