Fear is a meaningful emotion that protects us. But when fear gets out of control, it paralyses and makes us unfree.
The Pixel 2 XL ‘taimen’ is an extremely robust phone. It takes a huge effort to break it. But it’s probably better to wait for better times in 2021 and /e/ OS version 10 'Q’. And until then, LineageOS 17.1 runs well and can be further degoogled by the user with a few tweaks.