Because that company is completely insane and gotten too big for their britches. Also, I feel a company that big unfortunately can’t be touched by right to repair… or does that movement even include stuff like bricked stadia controllers and bios locked laptops destined for the landfill?

Anything that helps keep unusable electronics out of the dump is awesome. Shame on google for providing the unlock firmware for a only limited time.

Not to mention the Steam Deck lit the fire under the asses of all the other manufacturers, if they weren’t already developing handhelds. Quite a positive price and technology chain reaction.