Manufacturers gave in, had nothing to do with Android.

Android still supports expandable storage and headphone jacks just fine. I recently bought a Sony Xperia 5 V and it has both.

Thanks!

What?! 🤯

I've wasted so much time getting in and out of the ship for this 🤦🏻

Hold up! What? How do you access the cargo from the pilot chair?

It's not really a trend, is been like this basically since the start. Base game is included in GP but DLC and premium editions are extra.

Not all games have premium editions, and most probably don't launch with DLC, but I think most Microsoft titles are like this.

Can you do a separate app that acts like a licence key, they way apps like FX Explorer does it? Or does that have the same (or other) issue?

Xperia phones have headphone jacks and SD cards. Pretty sure you can install lineage on them as well.