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You noted on the phone hardware but not the software so I'll comment on that. Recently OnePlus has announced as of Android 16 that they will restrict bootloader unlocking to only those who fill out an application.

Nothing Phone 3 and all prior Nothing phone bootloader are still unlockable to this day with no call to restrict it. I would know, I have a Nothing Phone 3 running Shizuku and am waiting for Google to move Play Integrity off of its Kanban board so I can root again. Their forums have a strong development presence and as far as I'm concerned this is the one of the last good holdouts on this new restriction standard.

Pixel was the de facto standard for unlocked bootloaders. However, Google is the core of the "registered developers only" movement for their phones, killing sideloading and removing Pixel images from the development models in AOSP. I no longer support new Pixels (certain used ones are still good, don't get the 6 series though they are BAD).

As everyone on LTT has said before, their talking points are provided by the manufacturer but their opinions on those talking points are their own.

I got the new Keychron M5 ergonomic mouse with all the gaming features and I love it. It didn't take me long to get used to it and David praised it as well on LTT's Short Circuit channel.

This is the BEST write up I have ever seen on the topic. Had no idea it was out there and explained a lot about the inner workings for security I wasn't expecting.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/n7yo7u/a_discussion_about_bootloader_lockingunlocking/

Is it? Because it sounds like it is the same as what Samsung is doing with Knox. If you unlock your bootloader they have a way to track that now and it hurts the experience on the device. Want to sideload your apps in protest? You'll only be allowed to sideload apps from developers Google screens and says are okay. Want to use custom firmware on your hardware? You can, but they won't pass the integrity checks and even if you pay for the apps they can become incompatible with your device. And as someone else pointed out they stopped providing Pixel configs for AOSP so even getting people to try and make custom ROMs will be more difficult.

Samsung did it first, but Google just took it to the next level.

The Phone 1 and 2 have official lineage os support as well. Nothing is still bootloader unlock friendly (for now). Phone 3 is too new for LineageOS but is still an excellent phone with a good development community on their forums.

This article supports your comment and should be higher up considering two phones 4a and 6a were recently recalled due to being unsafe. Pixel 10 has this feature on at cycle 200 while you can turn it off on the Pro and Pro XL. But what good is 7 years of updates if they are going to hurt your battery charging speed after less than 2 years? Samsung battery tech is FAR superior.

https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/google-pixel/the-pixel-10s-battery-takes-a-hit-after-200-cycles-courtesy-of-a-feature-you-cant-switch-off

This used to be the case but Google is actively working to kill unlocking the bootloader on their devices (and all devices really) through their Play Integrity Validation. So while you may be able to install ROMs and add Gapps you'll slowly find that less and less apps from the Play Store will work due to stricter integrity requirements from Google; even if you bought the app. The current hoops required to run a custom OS and not be detected by the new framework is daunting with many landmines like people installing software they don't understand to get "Strong" integrity or paying for keyboxes that ultimately get banned.

Google is quickly becoming developer unfriendly and I would encourage people to look into the mess that is Play Integrity before suggesting Pixels, or any Android for that matter, in the context of custom ROMs.

Had this experience today. It was incredibly frustrating. Had to meme about it since I can't get approval for my fix until tomorrow at 9am in another meeting.

Completely agree. Airflow isn't prohibited from what I can tell. I still have plenty of room thanks to my top hat so I consider it a fantastic case especially with community mods.

You know, actually there was a great RAM overclocking leaderboard for the 5800X3D and my motherboard. The spreadsheet was sort of proof that I think my timings and limitations came down to my mini-ITX board rather than the memory modules themselves. When I spent two months tuning the RAM and finished my achieved speeds were precisely in line with the others who had my mobo/CPU. As for my RAM, both sets were Hynix CJR. They were both GSkill just one was a 3600 kit and the one I have now is "4000" down clocked to 3800 for stability. This was the sheet I used to compare: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsu9K1Nt_7apHBdiy0MWVPcYjf6nOlr9CtkkfN78tSo/edit?gid=1677627148

Or you can google directly "Zen RAM OC Leaderboards - Google Sheets" and see if anyone else has your config!

Your Fractal Terra is actually what inspired me to post! Your water cooling mod is amazing for that size build and I would say cable management is a tertiary issue when you've got that much cooling available! I posted a shot of the inside and I am ready for the community feedback though lol.