This response is unreasonable. If I'm purchasing a piece of hardware, it's not outrageous that I want to be able to compile and run software on it without asking for permission. Suggesting that I instead create my own smartphone ecosystem is absurd.

And both companies don't do anything about it because they are loaded with money from those scams.

Give me a break, it's never been about security.

No it isn't. It's perfectly reasonable. It's my device, bought with my money, earned on my time. I didn't agree to a social contract. I bought a tool. And you're a fool if you think

>but it's the current year!

is an argument. This isn't happening because the technological cosmos demands it. It's happening because google is winding up for a monopolistic hold of the market. They seek to manipulate it for their private benefit at the expense of everyone else. If they actually push through with this, they will be broken up.