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by pipes 2 hours ago
What prevents this? I always assumed they could.
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Bootloaders are locked and most of them are unlockable.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-...

DMCA and other anti-circumvention regulations.

That was a good read. But I still thought anyone can take graphene os and put it in a phone and sell it? Maybe there is specific licensing restrictions in the android license that stop this.