There was one word missing from that article Motorola Didn't Google, years ago, already fully control its own phone, both hardware and software? In additi

There was one word missing from that article Motorola Didn't Google, years ago, already fully control its own phone, both hardware and software? In addition, doesn't Google's track record of dalliances make the Pixel something to be discarded and forgotten at the inscrutable whims of higher-ups?