[crop_rotation]

No, "99% of Android users" don't live in Google land for "everything". I am not talking about degoogled users here. But a vast majority of android users use very few google apps(apps like maps, youtube and iOS) which would be used on iOS as well) and many don't even use google photos.

[Alupis]

100% of which have Gmail accounts... which is required for Play Store access and payments. A significant portion are going to have Google One (for cloud backups, including photos...).

What are you talking about then? Pixel is a high-end android device, even if you try not to use google services.