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This is a list of phone manufacturers that lock their bootloaders to prevent people from installing custom operating systems (LineageOS etc) to remove bloatware and spyware/tracking.

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The effort is appreciated and while some brands can definitely be undoubtedly terrible (like Apple which doesn't have a single phone the expressively allow you to unlock), many brands have a mix of phones that allow unlocking.

I'd much rather have a long table I can filter and sort than just a blanket "this brand is terrible and should be avoided". Also, that verdict should be reached by a list of common criteria with a point system. It should just be the author of a page that decides a company's rating.