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Eh, not all android devices, unfortunately. Mine does not have the ability to unlock the bootloader. ;c
But, that wasn't your only choice for a device. Android runs on basically anything and you have plenty of options for devices that let you do what you want with it.
Basically, the bootloader being locked is a manufacturer problem and not an android problem. Buy a different phone, smartphones have fully matured at this point. Grab a pixel 7 or 7 pro for a couple of hundred bucks and make that device your biotch.
Sure, but lots of really great software doesn't run on Android. In fact, none of the apps I use regularly on my iPhone are available on Android.
I don't believe that for a second. Some specific apps are only on one platform or the other but every app has a ton of alternatives that do the exact same thing.
I'm not sure if you are trolling, shilling, astroturfing, whatnot but either way that argument is disingenuous at best.