Yeah then you have the choice to not buy the locked down hardware, you don't have a right to get open hardware FROM Google.
Of course there are no good options for open hardware, but that is a related but separate problem.
Of course there are no good options for open hardware, but that is a related but separate problem.
Spoken like someone who has never ever worked with any hardware manufacturers. They do not need reasons for that. They all believe their mundane shit is the most secret-worthy shit ever. They have always done this. This predates google, and will outlive it.
People should have the right to run whatever software they like on the computing hardware they own. They should have the right to repair it.
The alternative is that everything ends up like smart-tvs where the options are "buy spyware ridden crap" or "don't have a tv"