All vehicule uses o2 sensors ( and some uses more than one) BUT they are not using them CLOSE LOOP in their fuel tables!! , in the automotive industry, most refer to the o2 sensor for safety and pollution issues.
HOW do you adjust your NOx output on a car without touching the fueling?!?!?!
When your o2 sensor fail on your truck/car, is it running bad, is it sputtering, are you blowing your engine? No of course because the fuel table is open loop with the o2 and refer to it only when needed(tuning strategies)
If you unplug the O2 sensor they default to open loop and will run richer as they are mapped rich and use the O2 to TRIM! . will they run like crap and chug and perform poorly? YES, seen it firsthand. Will it blow up?? NO! blowing up a NA 4 stroke motor just by poor fueling is something to be impressed with, especially from being rich.