Scenarios in which that's not possible are hypothetical (disaster, totalitarian takeover, alien invasion, sudden policy change), and I'm fine calculating that into the risk calculus and deciding that, yep I don't mind driving home and unlocking it the same day I bought it and praying nothing changes in their policy during the drive.
That's basically what I did. We can disagree on this, but it has worked out OK so far.
Other people might instead say "Pixels are locked down."
> I don't think this is some kind of dystopian over-reach with security as an excuse.
Why?
> "I must connect to the internet once" problem is a very fair tradeoff from the user's perspective.
Speak for yourself.
I am, that's what a "comment" is.
And the second (I dont think...) follows from the first (very tiny bit). I'd just be repeating myself.
This is opinion-based. We just disagree, that's fine.
Very fair. All Google requires is this: a simple offering of earth and water. A token of submission to its will.