• 0x0@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    Can someone ELI5 me what’s so special about Google’s SoCs that no other manufacturer could do (preferably citing sources not involved)?
    I still find it weird that a major manufacturer would bother with a ROM.

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      23 hours ago

      Being able to lock the bootloader with custom keys. Major OEMs do not want people to bypass their backdoors. Google signalled they will shift away from it too so Motorola is a welcome addition