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Oh well.
At least it's a good motivation for me to go for a more sustainable device in the future like a Fairphone even though these do cover with their own issues. But of a shame though, this Redmi Note 8 was my favorite phone and the good experience would have drawn me to Xiaomi again, but the official support has long ended so without bootloader unlocking, this perfectly working device would have become e-waste long ago for security reasons. Unbelievable how much value I got out of this 130€ phone.
I remember when Android was new, one big argument in its favor was that custom ROMs existed. It makes only little sense to me manufacturers want to get rid of that option, except for the part that this ensures that you can't remove the bloatware from their devices anymore.