> They are still letting you use the software you choose.
At the moment, yes.
My point was primarily about the fact that giving the customer an option to use Android software of their choice on recent Pixel phones is currently fully up to the manufacturer. Phoning in is merely a tool to achieve it.
> possibly changes who you can interact with
I am aware that identifying customers who have requested to have this option can potentially be used to mistreat them. Many mobile apps today are already trying to perform a similar form of identification. They check for non-OEM software or root access. If they detect something they do not like, they show warnings or refuse to provide some functionality. But that is, I think, another topic.
At the moment, yes.
My point was primarily about the fact that giving the customer an option to use Android software of their choice on recent Pixel phones is currently fully up to the manufacturer. Phoning in is merely a tool to achieve it.
> possibly changes who you can interact with
I am aware that identifying customers who have requested to have this option can potentially be used to mistreat them. Many mobile apps today are already trying to perform a similar form of identification. They check for non-OEM software or root access. If they detect something they do not like, they show warnings or refuse to provide some functionality. But that is, I think, another topic.