It would be nice if the Graph API could allow developers to specify $select parameters for nested properties. Currently the $select parameters only work for "top-level" properties, but if they worke...
Agreed,
Or, nested $select support (which appears to be available in https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/odata/odatalib/nested-query-options-in-select) would be another helpful option.
select=remoteItem(select=parentReference(select=id,name,driveId))