I don't think so, unless I'm missing something

That's good to hear, probably so

Must be nice, I have a pixel 1, straight up won't turn on, I have a bunch of stuff that wasn't backed up on there. The flash chip is fine I just can't turn it on

Yeah but they've got their own issues. They're so anti right to repair and their OS is so much more restrictive. That's how it is under capitalism, kind of just have to pick your poison :/

I can't speak from experience outside my own issues with my 5a but supposedly they're better about that stuff now. One reason I'm interested in the 8 is the unlocked bootloader and their smallish form factor. I have a Zenfone 9 RN and I went to put lineageOS only to find out they locked the bootloader down six months after release 😭

I've decided that I'll never get a phone with a boot loader than you can't unlock as long as I can help it, so Samsung is out for me

Agreed

Eugenics in a game where it's been decided in universe that the animals "just like fighting" and that "it's fun for them!" Is not surprising lol.

The shitty ram thing is especially egregious and was not the industry standard at the time, especially for your flagship phone.

The weird audio issues on multiple devices is also out of the norm.

Current pixel phones are pretty good! But it's clear that for at least the first 4 gens they had some QC and quality of parts issues.

Edit: also to add, it's a basic thing that if your phone is dead dead then you should use wall power to power the circuit to charge the battery. But if you let it sit for a few months, your older pixels will not charge again unless you put in a new battery with some charge, that is definitely out of the norm and is also something that should have been rectified sooner.

Android is getting weird. It's not bad but some UI choices just don't make sense. They're making everything super large, and required so many swipes and clicks for certain settings. They've lost the plot a bit. Also, having used both iOS and Android, iOS gestures are leaps and bounds ahead of Android. Genuinely, it's no contest.

All this being said I prefer Android, I just wish they put more thought about ease of use and feature refinement rather than changing for changes sake. Like we are JUST NOW getting an update to the gesture controls. They've been basically unchanged since Android 11/12 they have had ample time to refine them a bit.

So to name a few issues:

• pixel 1: headphone jack issue so bad they needed to issue a recall, audio would just FULLY stop working, loud speaker as well.

• pixels 2, 3 (and theorized 4 and 5): using cheap ram that literally just died within 3 years. They refused to issue a recall claiming that was "fine for the expected life span of the phone"

• Pixels 1-4: if you let them discharge long enough, they don't charge anymore, ever!

• Pixel 4/a and 5/a: lemon units. Bad ram, bad flash storage, things like that. Some would be very slow and others would be fine. My pixel 5a died in 7 months.

• During this period of time from the 4 though 6 lines they were notorious for trying to deny your warranty replacement any way they could. It took me 5 months to get a new pixel 5a.

• Pixel 6: buzzing coming from loud speakers (not sure if recall issued)

• Pixel 6 and 7: first 2 tensor chips, known for draining battery too quickly and overheating.

• Pixel 8: OLED issues, I think random lines showing up on the display. They have issued a recall tho.

So in sum:

• In the older pixels there were some shitty cost cutting measures they used in order to recoup cost of development of the phones.

• their warranty service around this time was also piss poor

• QC issues with just about every pixel phone released.

Where we stand today:

• their warranty replacements are much better I've heard.

• There are significantly less glaring issue with the pixels, and they're still reasonably priced

So, back in the day, if you got lucky you got a decent phone for a good price, if you got unlucky you got a shit phone and they probably wouldn't replace it. Now, you'll probably get a good phone, with some semi useful AI features and a decent warranty.

Not it's 100% tied to the resurgence of white supremacy. These conservatives groups are backed by humongous PACs that fund groups that push their agenda. Just like with turningpointusa and groups like that. Don't mistake careful planning masked by racist zealots as idiocy.