Technology

I haven't tried copperhead due to the small list of officially supported devices, but I did try calyx. Calyx is honestly pretty close in terms of overall experience, and continues to get better. However, being newer, it lacks the overall polish/stability of Graphene. Also, at the time I tried it, it was lacking the web installer which makes moving to a new OS much simpler, but it has it now. As mentioned before, Graphene has their own web browser, which simplifies startup. Most of my other preferences are pretty nitpicky. Honestly, if I hadn't already had a pixel phone it probably wouldn't make too much of a difference, but having the pixel means it's kind of silly to turn down the extra base-level security Graphene provides. Honestly, given that I won't need a new phone for at least 5 years, there's a real chance of me getting the latest fairphone and calyx next, hoping that over that time they tighten things up.

I totally understand your sentiment, and your best bet is probably the fairphone 5 when calyx is released for it, especially since they are committing to 8 years of security updates compared to pixel's 7.