I understand you, but I love my Pixel series devices. Every other one had some compromise that I did not agree with, but on the whole they have been good for me.
You may point to other competitive devices that do things better, but I think that just shows how hard it is to compete in the smartphone business.
Pixel phones are the best Android phones because they come closest to pure Android experience and have the best smart-phone update policy outside of the iOS eco-system.
Unfortunately they don't move any significant units because Google doesn't know how to market them, sell them or distribute them ... because Google is bad at devices.
You may point to other competitive devices that do things better, but I think that just shows how hard it is to compete in the smartphone business.