And on the other hand there are many (dozens!) of us who are sick of Android and the phones never getting any security patches if you buy from a random well-kno

And on the other hand there are many (dozens!) of us who are sick of Android and the phones never getting any security patches if you buy from a random well-known brand, or on the other side just the possibility of buying directly from Google (shudder, what if I have to contact support) - Pixel phones, which cost a ton. I don't even really care about my data (in the sense that I treat the things on my phone as 90% volatile, I backup my photos and that's it), as long as it's not in a public s3 bucket, it's fine. I've not tried it, but the thought of getting one phone and if I don't break it getting consistent security updates for 4 years sounds very enticing...