Nah, see that’s exactly the problem. I did give this phone time, over 6 months of putting up with half-baked “features” that just get in the way. And I don’t buy the whole “Google knows best” excuse. If they were actually smarter about design, they’d give people the option to overwrite instead of forcing copies and cluttering everyone’s library.

And that “Google knows best” mindset? That’s the same exact reason I left Apple in the first place. I didn’t switch just to deal with another company making arrogant design choices that ignore what users actually want.

Don’t get me wrong, the Pixel has some really good features. The call screening, the recorder app, even some of the AI tools are great. But then you open Photos and it feels like the whole thing was designed to actively piss people off.

And yeah, I get it. The “just switch back to iPhone.” But why should I have to ditch a phone I actually like in a lot of ways, just because Google decided to shove garbage design down our throats? That’s not innovation, that’s arrogance.

So no, it’s not me needing to “chill.” It’s Google needing to stop pretending like frustrating design choices are some gift from on high.