The Pixel phones have been generally quite good, especially if you stick to the lower end ones and wait for a good deal. The photo software is great, the support period is good, and there's just no real big complaints about the rest.

Probably the only brand or tool from Google I actually have good feelings about these days.

Yup. I bought a brand new Pixel 7 because I loved the old HTC made Pixels. The P7 stopped receiving calls for whatever reason at random times. Twice it missed emergency calls and that's when I decided to pull the plug.

So that is why they are threatening influencers now. But nothing will come of it. They will lose albeit slowly because monopolies are allowed in our country.

What about Nexus 6P?

I personally liked that one quite a bit, until it started hitting the issue with shutting down at ~30% battery (on top of the battery already being weak in the first place) and bootlooping.

Sadly, those problems started just about a year into owning the device, and they were widespread enough that Google just started sending brand new Pixels as a replacement for free.