Edit: @plyth@feddit.org pointed out that Motorola is in fact split into two separate companies. The phone company is effectively Lenovo, so Chinese, and not related to the American surveillance technology branch.

Not sure I'd trust Lenovo/Motorola Mobility either, but that's a different story.

In June 2026, Motorola bricked its whole line of routers without any explanation, leaving their customers with broken hardware.

The main thing you're supporting is Motorola, the second biggest provider of surveillance technology in the US after Flock. Deflock lists 5% of the cameras as Motorola, but the share is increasing as backlash against Flock is growing and Flock cameras are replaced with more low key competitors.

404media has reported on how Motorola cameras are used by ice.

"Gotta support the cause" is one hell of a dangerous sentiment under capitalism.

You're supporting diva devs selling out.

We don't need GOS to do well. We need a fully open ecosystem for phone operating systems. GOS devs don't let anyone incorporate their code.

They also refuse to provide basic functionality like inverted navbar buttons. Because they're diva devs.