Google has restricted more and more functionality to their apps only. System signed, that is.
The only way for e.g. KDE connect to continue working properly today is using adb, three hacky permissions, accessibility access and notification access.
It's just going to get worse.
But if I had a Chromebook, Google would give me the same functionality for free.
Yeah, it's rather annoying that I needed to root my phone to fix KDE Connect's clipboard access. That's the only workaround I've needed for years, though. The (relatively recent) changes Google made to the app store API made my life a whole lot easier now that F-Droid can actually update packages without root access.
As long as the existing manual overrides (going through the settings and toggling the permission) still exists, I don't see much of a problem.
The only way for e.g. KDE connect to continue working properly today is using adb, three hacky permissions, accessibility access and notification access.
It's just going to get worse.
But if I had a Chromebook, Google would give me the same functionality for free.