It is the typical business strategy. Establish a brand and then devolve the product to exploit those that are too dumb to adapt and change. Samsung has been garbage for a long time. They were okay in the S3-S9 era. Odin 3 as Windows only was garbage, and their factory ROM has always been bloatware garbage. With the Pixel coming with a TPM module, Samy is completely irrelevant in the intelligent consumer market. So they are free to do whatever without any significant push back.
It is the typical business strategy. Establish a brand and then devolve the product to exploit those that are too dumb to adapt and change. Samsung has been garbage for a long time. They were okay in the S3-S9 era. Odin 3 as Windows only was garbage, and their factory ROM has always been bloatware garbage. With the Pixel coming with a TPM module, Samy is completely irrelevant in the intelligent consumer market. So they are free to do whatever without any significant push back.