Pixels have a pretty strong warning on boot for unlocked bootloaders and an easily-typed URL with a detailed explanation.
That seems like enough to me from the manufacturer side. Of course I can imagine someone ignoring the warning; people sometimes climb into tiger enclosures with predictable results, but it shouldn’t be on device manufacturers (or zoo management) to prevent all possible negative outcomes.
Pixels have a pretty strong warning on boot for unlocked bootloaders and an easily-typed URL with a detailed explanation.
That seems like enough to me from the manufacturer side. Of course I can imagine someone ignoring the warning; people sometimes climb into tiger enclosures with predictable results, but it shouldn’t be on device manufacturers (or zoo management) to prevent all possible negative outcomes.
I don’t disagree at all, this is my most charitable take, definitely just ends up being anti-consumer.
Pixels also have this anti rollback protection, IIRC. I’m unable to flash LineageOS based on Android 15 since I’m on Android 16.
I hadn’t heard of Pixels doing that, but I’m guessing the attempt does not hard-brick the device.