Jonwil has it right...
one of us should do a full write up ..
categorized.
It would be an aid not just for our community either...but for just about anyone who reads it...

dameceno ...
Honestly speaking and with zero rancor toward any manufacturer past or present ...
It is a wise thing to be cautious..
No manufacturer is beyond doing what Huawei just did....or worse...
One cannot control what an external body (from one's self ...that is) may think...wish...plan or implement ...
The only devices that one can truly be sure of are devices which said manufacturers have completely given up the rights to...
Such as the NIT-line...

or current devices which must be self assembled ...(and even here...there is no absolute certainty that things may close up...but since the basis and appeal for such devices are their open factors...it is less likely to happen ...since their sales are tied to the open factors...)
devices such as the Pi-line
Or the Beagleboard-line
etc..

Just like the assault on the internet to close it up...to control it...to restrict collaboration ...etc..
I see what is occurring in the realm of mobile ...as tantamount to the same thing...
It seems and feels piecemeal...
But stepping back and looking at the scope and effect of companies here and there ...past and present...altering the way that devices will function feels in the larger scheme of things...
An attempt to herd everyone into the same direction ...
an attempt to control and dictate...
what we do..
how we use ...
what we wish...