Comment by kllrnohj

> Not before connecting it to the internet, even Pixels will go through hundreds of megabytes of data before allowing you to unlock them (see 0)

oookay? Hardly seems like a big deal? It would indeed be nice if the unlocked phones were set from the factory as such instead of all being the same system image as the ones that locked carriers use, sure, but hardly significant since it's not like you have to sign in or anything?

> Also, will Google let me browse the web with "my own OS" without their proprietary services installed on it? (see 1)

Why are you even asking Google at all? Just use Firefox? Don't even need to root or use a custom ROM for that, even.