Hell, that was already the case with “iPhone vs Galaxy.” Samsung presented themselves as “the brand” to purchase if you’re not getting an iPhone and it’s been working out for them so much that they’re more-so the “Android phone” when you think of “Android phone” than Pixels are.
Hence why you’ll rarely (if ever) see “Android” in Pixel marketing material.
Google desperately wants people to think “iPhone vs Pixel” instead of “iPhone vs Android”
Hell, that was already the case with “iPhone vs Galaxy.” Samsung presented themselves as “the brand” to purchase if you’re not getting an iPhone and it’s been working out for them so much that they’re more-so the “Android phone” when you think of “Android phone” than Pixels are.