I had a Pixel 3 and I absolutely loved it. I only traded it in for a Pixel 7 last year because Google's trade in values were so aggressive and it was approaching a year beyond EOL. Frankly, still like the Pixel 3 far more than the Pixel 7. Pixel 3 remains my all time favorite phone. It was basically perfect except for battery life that didn't quite last all day.

I had a Pixel 3 and loved it. Not sure it's fair to say that it's a terrible device if you never owned it.

I only updated to a Pixel 5 last year because the battery was deteriorating after several years and I was given a Pixel 5 for free.

I have never experienced any app resets with the 3 or 5 (aside from banking, which is by design), and I switch between maps, browsers, camera etc. very often.

You should have, it was easily the best device Google ever made. Shame about the comically short update period or I’d still be using it.