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This must be some weird American thing. I've gotten pixels on contract before in my country and I can OEM unlock and flash them no issue. If you don't pay the cell carrier will just blacklist the IMEI. They don't lock down the device itself.
Yes, it's an American thing. It can sometimes be worked around with a VPN with an exit IP in Europe.