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I'd like a minimal smartphone, which comes unlocked or has some other way of assuring I won't ever get into this situation again. I think this is fair, since I have had to live with the consequence. Locking down the OS version of a phone is very much enough for me to never do business with that kind of company again. I would never buy a computer with an OS I couldn't upgrade, and Android phones are computers.

Further, I'd like a phone whose processing power is devoted to Android apps I choose, rather than carrier's undeleteable bloatware. I was hoping for something like a Nexus 5 this year, since the Nexus 4 seemed to have these traits.

I worry that the Moto X would replace a Nexus 5 in their roadmap, and that their desire to compete with the S4 will lead them to mimic it instead of having the kind of product I'd like.

So I see Google focusing so much effort on a Moto phone as a problem for me and what I want, not something to look forward to. Google once had the product I should have bought (Nexus 4), especially at that much lower price point.

I don't believe that Moto is any different now, because I haven't seen them implement better policies. From my POV, the burden of proof is on them to demonstrate they changed, since they decided to screw over me, and everyone else with a Photon. I don't need to give them any more money, unless they are obviously the very best phone available for me, and my wants aren't what people or the carriers apparently want.