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> I bought a Pixel 7 Pro from store.google.com (Canada) ... being sold “unlocked” by Google

Carrier-locking is not permitted in Canada, so all the discussions about where the phone was bought and that the full price was paid are immaterial.

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But carrier locking is irrelevant, as the article is about bootloader locking.

It is relevant because the excuse made for disabling bootloader unlocking is that unlocking the bootloader can defeat a carrier lock. They are interrelated.

I thought so too, but in order to show that the device was sold as unlocked, the article has a footnote (#7) about carrier unlocking.

> Keep in mind that I bought this phone full price6 from store.google.com, where it was advertised right in the FAQ as an “unlocked smartphone”7

Is that correct? Phones purchased via carrier are locked to the carrier. The customer has the right to unlock it after the purchase, but the default state of the phone is locked, is it not?

> (CRTC) today announced that as of December 1, 2017, all individual and small business wireless service customers will have the right to have their cellphones and other mobile devices unlocked free of charge upon request. In addition, all newly purchased devices must be provided unlocked from that day forward.

https://www.canada.ca/en/radio-television-telecommunications...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/crtc-wireless-code-cellphon...

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