[hexagonwin]

Not sure what you mean by default Android apps but Google Pixel apps != AOSP's stock apps. AFAIK most apps can now be disabled in Settings on recent Samsung phones, I'm not a fan but I don't think they're that worse compared to Pixels, especially on the flagship devices.

[hedora]

Switching from stock to grapheneos more than doubled the battery life of my pixel 6 pro.

They install plenty of bloatware on google devices, but since it’s all background surveillance stuff, it doesn’t clutter the UI.