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I found this thread's discussions very enlightening & wanted to say thanks.
matchboxbananasynergy Pixels should get user replaceable batteries by 2027 if Google want to be able to sell Pixels in the EU if this reporting (& others like it) is accurate:
https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/eu-mandates-replaceable-batteries-2027
I have been testing for my family off & on for multiple years multiple phone OS's including GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, EOS, IodeOS, & LineageOS (loaded all of them and done some testing with one of my kids and I on each).
For awhile we have standardized our family daily drivers on either GrapheneOS or CalyxOS (Pixels or Fairphones).
For awhile I was leaning toward standardizing on Fairphones running CalyxOS for the following reasons (off the top of my head):
1) CalyxOS HAD better google apps support via MicroG BUT now GrapheneOS appears to have taken the lead via sandboxed Google Play;
2) Only Fairphone supported Video Out BUT now reportedly Pixel 8's also do (if you replace stock OS which disables it);
3) Fairphone's self repairability & parts availability was far superior but Google is getting better here (still behind but better);
4) Fairphone's self battery replacement IS way ahead of Google Pixels but that may be forcibly fixed soon...
5) Lack of Android Auto was a pain on both (so neutral on the decision) but now GrapheneOS supports it and that is great;
For me, for a long time, the scales were fairly close (pros/cons on both sides) which is why we ran both as daily drivers...
if I had to give the nod to one or the other awhile back I would lean toward Fairphones w/ Calyx though GrapheneOS & Pixels kept getting better on the areas that I cared about...
For me the scales tipped into GrapheneOS's favor when Sandboxed-GooglePlay + Android-Auto started working & when I heard Pixel 8's now can do Video Out with GrapheneOS...
Hearing of iFixIt related improvements (repairability & parts) for Pixels is also heartening (especially if Pixel batteries are soon going to be easily user replaceable).
Factoring in this thread's security discussion helps reinforce where I was already leaning as it helps understand while the marketing on the Fairphone 5 is not the Panacea it seems at first...
Thanks again for the great discussions.