I don't especially like any of the cell vendors in the US. They charge too much and make it too difficult for people to own and use phones of their choice.
Verizon's big and has a lot of customers, so Google wants to work with them. Google doesn't sell enough phones to force anyone to do anything (and if they did, the EU would probably throw yet another antitrust suit at them). It's a temporary (and not actually) exclusive for V to have them in their stores.
In a few months, other cell companies will have the Pixels on their web pages and in their stores. The "exclusive" will be gone.
Apple having control of the ecosystem has its good and bad points. If one wants timely Android updates, one shouldn't be on Verizon (and quite often one shouldn't have a non-Google phone, either). It's not really that different with the Pixel.
FWIW.
Cheers,
Scott.
Verizon's big and has a lot of customers, so Google wants to work with them. Google doesn't sell enough phones to force anyone to do anything (and if they did, the EU would probably throw yet another antitrust suit at them). It's a temporary (and not actually) exclusive for V to have them in their stores.
In a few months, other cell companies will have the Pixels on their web pages and in their stores. The "exclusive" will be gone.
Apple having control of the ecosystem has its good and bad points. If one wants timely Android updates, one shouldn't be on Verizon (and quite often one shouldn't have a non-Google phone, either). It's not really that different with the Pixel.
FWIW.
Cheers,
Scott.