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by pjc50 2946 days ago
Interesting line of argument; if it was a CE compliance issue it would clearly be the vendor/importer. But the GDPR doesn't talk about devices, it talks about data controllers.

Information commissioners can't require data controllers to do things which cannot reasonably be done. So I think this ends up with "the existing phones are fine for technically necessary data processing, but buying an Android phone cannot be direct marketing consent in and of itself".