Nothing of that has to do with OEMs being forbidden from shipping QPRs though.
Are reading the same post?
“ The new APIs are currently exclusive to the Pixel OS and aren't available to other Android OEMs. […] Non-Google Android OEMs and AOSP-based projects can ship yearly and QPR2 releases.”
the person running it has a penchant for overexaggeration and selective truth telling when they feel aggrieved.
Here we go again…