> Profiles where you can set custom volume, vibrate, and sometimes other settings. e.g. "Home", "Vibrate", "Silent". And easily customise + switch between them.

There are many Android apps which provide this functionality. It doesn't need to be a part of the system.

That's okay but I see too many people evangelizing "the pure Android experience", yet they have to compensate for a lack of certain features with apps.

We can also treat this as Google not giving much fucks, I think. Not only as "the pure experience". Let's be objective to the both sides of the argument.

IMO though, everything that adds everyday convenience must be a part of the system. Did you forget these phones are sold to people who have trouble tying their shoe laces? All the casual quality of life improving apps MUST STARE THESE PEOPLE IN THE FACE from the get go. They shouldn't jump through hoops.

Maybe you shouldn't look at the Pixels as improved Nexii. Google is aiming for a wider audience now.

> All the casual quality of life improving apps MUST STARE THESE PEOPLE IN THE FACE from the get go.

The issue you'll run into is that everybody has a different idea of a life improving app. You can't cater to everybody and make their choice the default. Google does a pretty decent job elevating the truly popular apps to the default status: see flashlight, night mode, hotspotting, photo filters, etc. But your life quality app is not my life quality app - and that's ok. That's the place where apps step in.

I remember being very not impressed by a Nexus 6P -- and the first Pixel.

Maybe things have changed.

For that last one, that’s never really been a problem for most people considering they charge their phone at night.

This is absurd. I can't count how many times I had to do 1-4 more hours of work somewhere outside an office with my phone already being at 10-15%. Your device should have enough juice to help you go through an abnormal day as well.

Optimizing your life for inferior battery life is absurd.

My former work iPhone could last two days. I'll take that over strange justifications of awful idle battery life, any day.

Nowhere did I say that it’s because the phone doesn’t last. I was pointing out how having alarms work when the phone is off at night doesn’t matter anymore.

Oh. Sorry!

It's a nice way to make sure you won't get any notifications etc as well. I realise there are Do Not Disturb modes and so on though that achieve the same result.