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maybe it is a company phone

or

it locked by by his carrier (eg verizon pixel)

or

he wants to use android pay\netflix\other apps that detect root

or

etc.

There are many reasons.




All of which can be summed up as "don't work with shitty companies".


give me an alternative to android pay and netflix on a google device




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