76 karma · joined February 9, 2025
Yes, almost everything you mentioned happens. You're probably going to come across some of it if you spend a bit more time here, and in some areas more than others. But you are exaggerating it all significantly - in reality these things are sporadic nuisances and it is SO far away from "everybody does what the hell they like" (implying lawlessness). Shameful really that you participate in this spread of bullshit about an amazing city.
Here is such an example (VKI vs A1 Telekom): https://www.lteforum.at/attachments/a1-urteil-jpg.34162/
Compare that to other custom ROMs, where you typically depend on volunteers maintaining the various devices. Sometimes people decide to step down, and suddenly find your device unsupported. This happened to me with LineageOS/CyanogenMod.
My understanding is also that the OEM ROMs of Pixel devices are closer to AOSP than those of other vendors like Samsung. This simplifies the maintenance of the ROMs, and enables the project to develop meaningful features instead.