And all my Pixels (Pixel 1, Pixel 3 and now Pixel 6a) worked flawlessly for years after purchase.

Whereas two separate family members had constant issues with their iPhones.

Beware of anecdotal evidence.

Yup, my Pixel 8 Pro has great battery life. +1 on don't trust random internet anecdata.

I own a Pixel 7a and an iPhone 14. Battery life is too similar for me to notice a difference. I never systematically tested it though. Pixel 6 was the same as well.

The only phone I owned recently that had really terrible battery life even when new was the iPhone 12 mini.

My current iPhone has shit battery compared to my slightly less shitty previous pixel's battery.