The pixel is decent if using graphene is. Not sure if any system is good by default. Apple fans think their defaults are somehow more private or secure, mostly due to marketing.

Decent? From a security perspective it's superior to the iPhone. As for Graphene, unless you've personally vetted the code I don't see how it can be trusted. And I won't even go into the drama that OS comes with.

> unless you've personally vetted the code I don't see how it can be trusted.

As opposed to proprietary Google code that cannot be vetted?

What about the proprietary binary blobs that Graphene is reliant on? Who vetted those?

I think that we both can agree that less = better, so I don't see your point.

Pixel is not an OS, is not Android. Pixel is a series of hardware that make up less than five percent of the android hardware market.

One device series does not offer a glimpse of the market.

Op’s point stands.

>Pixel is not an OS

Then what do you call the custom OS that ships on the Pixel? Of course it's a custom built OS that's designed to work with the custom hardware on the Pixel.

>One device series does not offer a glimpse of the market.

Security is defined by the marriage of software and hardware. The reason the Pixel is so secure is because of this. The OP made a blanket statement which did not apply to the Android ecosystem.