Since it’s from china, some security trust issues aside, musing from perspectives of OnePlus and Onyx Boox, yep, you completely control the device and what you put on it.

I think you have been lulled into submission by the decades-long “Let’s make it really complicated to repair for no reason other than profits” narrative. This is exactly how devices should look. This is exactly how your TV, radio looked 30 years ago. Easy to disassemble, diagrams on the bloody box, extra fuses, relays if one blows.

Hell, this is exactly how your desktop looked and still looks. Lots of extra screws, replaceable parts. Easy to disassemble (not even using screws for the panels).

I haven’t used sms for half a decade if not more…