Man, I have personally had 3 Google devices (Nexus 4, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 6 Pro) and never really had any issue.
Unfortunately people LOVE to s**t on Google's phones, if they only applied the same standards to other OEMs, especially Chinese ones, holy **** we would have dozens of hit pieces like this, daily. Especially considering this guy just manhandled his phone and then complains.
The Pixel 3 XL is the smartphone I held the longest, ever, and one of the reasons is because nothing broke down, unlike the audio jack issues I've had with my OnePlus 5T or the port issues I've had on my S7 edge (don't even get me started about software issues). IDK, maybe it's just Google sending the good devices to us and defective units to these "journalists".