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I don't get how people claim to "never buy Android again" because one component shipped in one series of devices isn't working as well as on devices of the competition.

Android isn't Pixel. Don't like the fingerprint reader (that definitely sucks) in the Pixel 6? Don't buy a Pixel.

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Yeah true, and I'm sure a Samsung would have suited me better, but I bought a pixel because of what I thought would be decent android support.

Up to this point I've only ever purchased android, but usually after ~2 years they stop receiving updates and go downhill pretty quick after that. The fact that the iPhone 8 is still supported on ios16 is crazy to me, that was released the same time as my old one plus 5t, which I loved but just slowed to a brick in 2021. That's why I'd go iPhone

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