Someone tries too many times to unlock it with the wrong pin or pattern; someone tries to factory reset it with the wrong pin or pattern

You can enter your screen lock to unlock it. Should you want to factory reset it you would need to enter your screen lock

It’s good for the common user who’s happy to use all Google services and can remember (or has written down) their credentials.

It’s absolutely useless for those out of the Google ecosystem

It’s annoying through to disastrous for people supporting other peoples’ phones

They must have known it would push you to Linux

I recommend against being an early adopter. I’m a bit worried being a slightly late adopter of folding phones – I waited for pixel 9 – since I have already warranty replaced the two month old phone once for a complete failure of the internal screen (they said it was water damage, I replied with their water resistance rating)

I can’t say I have had that problem. I think you need to put force behind your nails to scratch it, my nails aren’t kept short either

If it’s folded while in your pocket or bag, why do you need hardness? Do you plan on folding a phone with sand on the screen?

On that note, I don’t think I’ll take my folding phone to the beach on my upcoming holiday