It's the only phone on that you can install GrapheneOS.

I'm tired of Google's privacy sucking, so I got a Pixel so I could immediately install GrapheneOS.

Easy, because it lets me run GrapheneOS, not into my phone being a house arrest anklet, nor it being my personal data miner.

I literally bought it just to install GrapheneOS because I was tired of Apple's ecosystem. I have no idea what the experience on a stock Pixel is like.

I have no love for Google either, but at least they give me freedom over my phone OS and the Graphene team offers security updates for five years from release. Not as long a support window as Apple, but the experience on Graphene is better. This is mainly due to having sandboxed Google Play and Fdroid access.

The killer point for me is that its supported by all android distros like lineage graphene and calyxos.

Every other phone is full of garbage bloatware that is not easily uninstalled from the worse companies, like Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft.

Other companies promise updates, but you're waiting months if not years (or even never) for them.

and most importantly, every other phone I have used is super laggy or stuttery. Even though the Pixel 6/7 have lesser specs than the S22 Ultra, the S22 Ultra performed terribly compared to my 6 Pro (I now have a 7 Pro).

I posted a comment on Lemmy about my experience with my S22 Ultra and how it was filled with ads, despite it costing $2000 CAD ($700 MORE than the Pixel 6/7 Pro) and being an unlocked model.