Or more specifically, legally you do own the hardware. You bought it.
But you do not have free permission to run whatever you want on it and have the original software vendor agree to make their stuff work with what you do.
This is similar to how once you opened your lawmower and tinkered with it, the original manufacturer does no longer have to provide mechanical and engineering warranty for the parts you worked with. You modified it, they cannot and will not guarantee shit still works.
However, of course, in this context Google is so big that they might still be legally obliged in places such as the EU to allow free access as they act as a gatekeeper for a whole piece of technology. Similar to how Meta has to provide a sort-of open access to Whatsapp APIs.
Or more specifically, legally you do own the hardware. You bought it.
But you do not have free permission to run whatever you want on it and have the original software vendor agree to make their stuff work with what you do.
This is similar to how once you opened your lawmower and tinkered with it, the original manufacturer does no longer have to provide mechanical and engineering warranty for the parts you worked with. You modified it, they cannot and will not guarantee shit still works.
However, of course, in this context Google is so big that they might still be legally obliged in places such as the EU to allow free access as they act as a gatekeeper for a whole piece of technology. Similar to how Meta has to provide a sort-of open access to Whatsapp APIs.