samsung has a built in feature, that is considered a 7 year old “bug”, where it changes options back that it doesnt like. your case seems to be a lot more complex. i would get the latest firmware update, reset the whole phone, do a debloat, and get everything up again one by one.

“While I wouldn’t say Google is actively hostile towards these power users”

i sure fuckin would. there has been a huge surge on degoogle and related subs after trump, and they want to stop this.

retail middle management vibes

not really related, but is this https://weblate.join-lemmy.org/projects/lemmy/lemmy/ the official way to translate the project? i dont donate due to my financial status, but i often do translation for opensource stuff.