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You’ll find a majority of gaming oriented laptops do this already. No accidents.

Whereas mainstream low to high end sticks it somewhere to be smashed accidentally.

This is so true and it hurts.

Have a mouse, keyboard and speaker set from 2004-2005. They all still work. I’ve bought several new Logitech products since 2015 and all have failed or have some defect. I’ve reached the point where I don’t buy anything Logitech.

By being ripped out and sandboxed the same way other apps are, Google services isn’t free to siphon battery. This means you can restrict battery use and cut the constant communication down. Thus saving battery. If you allow it, yes it is not different than if it was preloaded.