No one should buy any phone that can't run a third party OS such as LineageOS (though better still, more secure variants like Graphene or Calyx whenever they finish their security audit or etc.) Obviously staying away from phones provided by "service" providers like Verizon that lock them down... Absolutely, under no circumstances should any phone be allowed to run stock more than just the few minutes it takes to initialize things, then unlock and install something clean.
Isn't modern enshittification *great*??
