In its services and repair terms and conditions, Google says it will keep devices sent in for repair if they have a non-OEM part.
Update:
Google changes repair policy after criticism of third-party parts ban Google previously said it would not return mailed-in devices using “unauthorized” parts.
You say you’re in Germany; that is all the difference. The U.S. and its legal system, government and lawmakers have all been bought and paid for. Big businesses do what they want here.
Exactly. Here in America, things being illegal doesn’t stop people from breaking the law, and the biggest law breakers are giant corporations.
I give it maybe two more republican presidencies before the corporations start rewriting the constitution.