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Not in the US. A phone "purchased" on contract is carrier locked and you can't unlock the bootloader, which needs to be done in order to install a different OS.
Apparently not, I have a Pixel 8 Pro that I got free on a promotion from AT&T. The bootloader is locked on it and grayed out.
Google does not let you unlock the boot loader if the device is carrier locked. It needs to get paid off and unlocked before the boot loader can be unlocked to install custom roms.