Apparently V2 allows miners to generate their own custom block templates from transactions out of their own node's mempool:

https://stratumprotocol.org/docs/#template-providers

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Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something though. My interpretation is that the pools pay for hash-rate (ie. distribute the reward) as long as the miners are working on valid blocks irrespective of who generates the valid block template.