So unlike the title of your article, unemployment isn’t going up

China’s youth unemployment rate falls after climbing for two straight months

Do you have a source claiming western car companies are pushing for tariffs on Chinese EVs?

VW and BMW chiefs warn on EU’s China EV tariffs amid falling profits

https://archive.is/Q5hUl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectionism

Why would the EU want to do that?

Chinese EV maker BYD welcome to open factory in France, French finance minister says

European nations compete for Chinese EV factories, jobs even as EU weighs tariffs

China’s Dongfeng in pole position to build an auto plant in Italy - Italian sources

It doesn’t seem to be a full system update but a SmartThings Framework update that caused the issue.

One of the travel vlogger the article quoted went out of his way and accidentally stumbled into a military site. Perhaps you should watch his series to judge for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIDjgUqyFfc

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

George Orwell

The 5 year battery warranty is good to have. Hopefully it forces other OEMs to do the same.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/02/china-debt-trap-diplomacy/617953/

Yes

For the case for my poco x3 I only debloated once when I got my phone and it remain bloatware free ever since.

Debloat with adb or shizuku?

Nothing to see here.