> 1. Pixel phones display an "unlocked bootloader" warning (which can't be disabled) Yet. Other manufacturers have the same warning and have had them disabled.

> 1. Pixel phones display an "unlocked bootloader" warning (which can't be disabled) Yet. Other manufacturers have the same warning and have had them disabled. (I did it to one of my older moto phones a few years back) > 2. Unlocking does not void warranty. Not by itself, but having a signal in place that it was unlocked lets the manufacturer look for common problems caused by doing things like flashing the wrong device images to critical partitions (go search around a bit for people corrupting EFS on their phones). Critically Pixel devices do not have a debrick tool that's leaked, at least not for the Qualcomm-based Pixel devices. This means that a brick on any of those partitions means the phone needs a trip back to the depot or a service center that has these tools. Can't be fixed by end-user. Maybe this situation has changed for the Tensor/Samsung pixels but the point is screwing up your device due to flashing incorrect images shouldn't be something the manufacturer needs to foot the bill on.