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To add to Tmay's list of links about countries taking Huawei out of their telco networks:

Japan is asking its private sector companies to keep Huawei out of their power grids and railways:
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-moves-to-keep-Huawei-out-of-power-grids-and-railways

Indian Telcos have recently written to India's NSA, expressing grave concern about the potential security threats posed by Huawei telecom equipment:
https://swarajyamag.com/insta/chinas-huawei-poses-threat-to-indias-security-feel-indian-telcos-to-write-to-nsa-ajit-doval-for-redress (quoting the article from Business Standard  that's behind a paywall)

The allegations are serious enough that the Indian government is setting up inter-ministerial talks to take a final call on Huawei (second news items on the linked page). These talks will be held before the commercial roll-out of 5G in India.

I read somewhere that the real problem with the SSD being soldered is that, if the logic board fails (as has apparently happened in the past with certain Mbpro models), one could completely lose all the data on the drive. Is this true? If yes, wouldn't this be the greater concern than not being able to upgrade the SSD down the line?