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>Google started shipping 16GB as the _lowest_ amount of RAM you can get on your Pixel 9.

The Pixel 9 has 12GB of RAM[0]. You probably meant the Pixel 9 Pro.

Still an absurd amount of RAM for a phone, imo

Seems about right, my new laptop has 8x that which is a about the same ratio that my last new laptop had to my phone at the time.

Not absurd. The base S21 Ultra from 2021 already shipped with 12GB ram. 4 Years later and the amount of ram is still the same