Just to add my data point -- I've had every Nexus and Pixel starting with the Galaxy Nexus. Never had an issue with any of them until my most recent Pixel 2 X

Just to add my data point -- I've had every Nexus and Pixel starting with the Galaxy Nexus. Never had an issue with any of them until my most recent Pixel 2 XL where some cables stopped charging the device. One quick open chat on the Google store and I had a replacement sent immediately for free.