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False, some makes & models even have specific manufacturer & telco support for rooting:
en.wikipedia.org
As opposed to iOS, where the closest thing Apple offers is paying at least a hundred bucks a year for the privilege of compiling binaries that can only run on your personal phone.
And that doesn't even touch on the stuff I ticked off other than rooting, most of which is fully supported on every Android device.