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I completely agree, I am answering the hypothetical you brought up:
I don't believe they will lock it down, but you asked how could they do that. And the answer is they could easily do that, deals or not. I don't think they will, but there is nothing preventing them from doing so.
Yeah, technically it's possible. Technically they can also hire GrapheneOS guys and make future versions closed source. In the context of this news both things are unlikely though.