[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
Here's the thing. Whether Google "changes documentation" or not, reality is still reality. At least they're being open about the fact that the Toro build does not meet the standards of AOSP... just like they're being honest about the coming changes with their privacy policy and, in general, being very honest and forthcoming about most of what they do. This is a situation where some bloggers/media types took something and ran with it without know what the hell they're talking about. The only difference between you and me and being a "blogger" is a media credential.

I'm very much like you. It's not that I hate TouchWiz or Sense or Motoblur. From the viewpoint of the average user, they both have good and bad things about them. My mother uses my old Vibrant that I did a little tweaking on and she loves it, especially with TouchWiz. It's fast, has great reception and lasts nearly 5 days on a charge (she does not have a data plan so data/sync is off).

I like to tinker, you like to tinker. The tools that Google, and to be fair, Verizon, have given us allow us to tinker whether it has AOSP support or not. We have an easily unlocked bootloader, "pure" ICS short of two apps, and updates from Google. Is it perfect? No, it's not, but any reasonable person that can comprehend what they read and apply common sense to it realized that Toro is not on the same playing field as Maguro before the device was ever even released in the first place.

At the end of the day, we still have the things that were probably prioritized for me the same as they were for you.

1) Updates from Google

2) An ICS experience as Google intended it.

There is no other device I'd rather have. Even if I could walk into AT&T right now and buy a GSM version, I wouldn't touch it. No way in hell, I don't want AT&T. I despise AT&T. I miss T-Mobile's pricing, but I need a larger network (work related). I wanted Verizon's network for a long time. I wanted ICS for a long time. A reasonably pure Android/ICS experience on Verizon's network was a requirement. Google and Verizon gave us that. I would not be on Verizon if it wasn't for this device. Frankly, I love the 4.0.3 ROM I'm on right now, but I could live with stock and be ecstatic about it. This is a fantastic device. People that can't see that are immature retards (no offense to any immature retards out there).

All I'm saying is that people need to give themselves a reality check.

LOL! I was NOT referring to you. :D

I'm obviously no expert. But I will say this. In general, Google doesn't lie. They may drop the ball, retract a statement, etc but they don't feed misinformation on purpose, especially about something that would so easily set the BS meter off. I have a theory. It's a theory based on nothing other than knowing about business. The wheels of business are larger than the wheels of technological "can do's". What about the chance floating around here that something has changed between Verizon and Google, that, in general terms, falls along the lines of, "We don't want you making that available anymore. It's ours, we own it, we get to decide how it's distributed"? In other words, what was made available earlier was fine but future versions are not intended to be made available in the same manner.

And if that were to be the case, how the hell exactly is that Google's fault? It wouldn't be. It's like blaming Samsung for not releasing Gingerbread for the Vibrant even though T-Mobile didn't want to pay for the update. Silly, trite, and requires a lack of understanding and acceptance of how business works.