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This made me realize, as an android user, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do if someone steals my phone.
They have the same system. The phone is tied to your account and you can track, lock and erase it remotely with Google's Find My Device.
Except you can more easily wipe the os at a low level and fully factory reset the device. That’s not possible with iPhones.
Afaik, that changed a while ago. Nowadays, it should still ask for the google account of the most recent owner.
yeah, factory reset protection, it wipes the user data, but will refuse to fully finish setting up the the os after the reset until the google acct is verified..