This is the reason why I ended up with a non flagship, mid-tier, moto phone that allowed me to unlock the bootloader and root. Headphone jack and microsd card support was also a very high priority, and the reason why I didn't end up with a pixel. I want complete control over my device. With recent Android version it seems like Google is locking down the OS and making it closer to how iOS is.
It's becoming harder to find good phones that allow bootloader unlocks and rooting while also being supported by AT&T, which I am tied to because of a family plan. Samsung phones, even if you buy the US non-carrier variant, don't allow bootloader unlocking. AT&T provisions VoLTE and VoWifi based on a Whitelist of phone models so international variants won't work on the network at all. A microsd card slow wouldn't fix the underlying issue of bloat but would at least decrease the impact of it.
It's becoming harder to find good phones that allow bootloader unlocks and rooting while also being supported by AT&T, which I am tied to because of a family plan. Samsung phones, even if you buy the US non-carrier variant, don't allow bootloader unlocking. AT&T provisions VoLTE and VoWifi based on a Whitelist of phone models so international variants won't work on the network at all. A microsd card slow wouldn't fix the underlying issue of bloat but would at least decrease the impact of it.