Google doesn't really want to have a big market share in the Android ecosystem. If Google achieved that it would almost instantly be under anti-trust suspicion

Google doesn't really want to have a big market share in the Android ecosystem. If Google achieved that it would almost instantly be under anti-trust suspicion from the DOJ. What Google does want is to provide provide clean excellent phones where the advertising budget is reduced and the money saved goes right into the quality of the phones. Having said all that I've had a few Pixels and what I appreciate most is the low light performance of the cameras. I happen to be fond of this kind of photography and so it really works for me. What I don't appreciate is having to disable both third party cookies in the Android Chrome browser and location tracking. These are both very creepy data scrappers that Google turns right around and sells to advertisers. No thank you. Next phone though I'm likely to go with Apple just because they are much more privacy forward that Google. I don't appreciate Apple's walled garden approach and therefore I don't have any other Apple products but a standalone Apple phone will meet my needs.