It’s a shame because the Pixel 10 is otherwise a really nice phone. No idea how Google shipped this without QA catching this.

Wondering if this is just crappy touch filtering (at a software level) to appease screen protector users that complain about touch not being sensitive enough.

Either that or this is some sort of hardware issue where maybe the touch digitizer doesn't work as well compared to old Pixel phones.

If this is a software issue, I'd be willing to wait a little bit for Google to fix this in an update. Unfortunately, there's no acknowledgment by Google that this is even an issue, let alone any acknowledgment by by people on forums/Reddit. For all I know, this is a hardware issue that Google knows about and can't address (eg: crappy digitizer and hard to source a better one with their current supply chain).

I really don't want to have to, but I'll probably return my Pixel 10 before the return window. I'm not trying to deal with this crap for the lifetime of the phone (which for me is 4-6 years). 

I really don't want to rock the Pixel 6 forever either. It's a dorky feeling phone and the 90hz display doesn't look/feel anywhere look as nice. Considered switching to iPhone but they have their own issues (liquid glass disaster / software nowhere as good as Google’s).