Who, how and why would anyone try to block a handset ?
Google could block upgrades of their so called open source software to a handset but who needs them anyway, half of the upgrades are just eye candy & bloatware to get users to upgrade phones the same way MS Windows used to do with PCs 20 years ago. Besides that a factory reset to original ROM should get any handset working like new again.
Since now you can stay with Android but ditch Google or you can ditch Android and move to one of the alternative OS how hard would it be for someone like Telstra to order their budget ZTE phones with Google-Free OS ?
Here’s How You Can Use Android But Ditch Google
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/using-android-without-google/
6 Open Source Mobile OS Alternatives To Android in 2018
https://itsfoss.com/open-source-alternatives-android/
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