You can say what you want, but using a phone instead of the integrated dashboard of your car is not a better experience. I kinda like android auto. My stupid car didnt support android auto wireless (only cable), but I bought a device that acts as a bridge. So now my phone automatically connects to Android auto and it just works every time. I can open my calendar on my dashboard and navigate to the addresses of my appointments with one click.

Is this US specific? Because plenty of people (kids included) use Android in our country. Samsung is the most popular I think.

Worth mentioning that this is just a different (better) front for the Play Store. It is not like f-droid a completely different store.

You can relock the bootloader with a custom rom? Which phone do you use?

Many of them detect unlocked bootloaders. Even when your phone isn’t rooted, you need an unlocked bootloader in order to use a custom rom. The fact that they refuse to work on unlocked bootloaders is insane.

Liftoff is pretty great too.

End of an era for me. Had the pro version for 11 years and was using the free before that. Most app screentime every day on my phone. I refuse to install the official reddit app.