I understood the title, but only because I already knew that Pixel phones were able to have their bootloaders unlocked, so I assumed there was some kind of bar

I understood the title, but only because I already knew that Pixel phones were able to have their bootloaders unlocked, so I assumed there was some kind of bar that had to be jumped. Support for LineageOS is a key issue for me in the purchase of a phone, so Pixels are desirable as a known quantity. I'm not too bothered about having to "do the thing" because so many other phone brands / models either can't be unlocked easily or aren't supported by LineageOS. Other comments about Pocophone F1 being compatible with PostmarketOS puts that on my watch list.