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valaka I'm having this experience and I used to use the regular Android OS

valaka However, I did some research on this topic and consulted a knowledgeable friend prior to writing this post.
From what I could have grasped, the battery life on my device is really strange.

I've captured that from your first post, it seemed u had a pretty good understanding on what has effects on battery 'drain' and u already had that figured out, hence why i fell back on your first 3 sentences which mentioned refurbished pixel 7 and immediatly putting GOS on it.

While it could be battery life on general on pixel 7 is 'bad' (i have no idea, never had a 7), the question here more was is it really 'more bad' with your current setup than pixel stock on your device. Which from your initial post seemed u don't really have a baseline to compare to. If it would seem it isn't 'more bad' than on stock os, but still percieved 'more bad' than what would be generally expected from a pixel 7, the 'refurbish' part could have something to do with it, perhaps a 'faulty' battery.

To provide some context, i also use molly and a telegram fork without play services on a p9p, and while it certainly and logically has an effect on battery drian, i percieve it not really that bad, though hard to compare between different devices with different hardware.

It could be an idea, if possible, to disable those 2 apps for 24h and monitor the device and see if it actually has that big of an impact on your device. Perhaps it could be this, perhaps u have a 'bad battery', or perhaps your expectations were slightly out of touch.