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Currently using GrapheneOS on a Pixel in the US. After a bit of "finagle-ing" some app permissions settings, (banking app didn't like running without additional permissions that GrapheneOS blocked by default, everything works great.
The additional security settings are welcome and very much worth it. Feels like using a proper phone, not limited by what Google thinks I should be able to do, nor is it trackable the way Google thinks it should be.
Flashing Graphene on to the new Pixel was effortless. Simple as change 2 settings, plug in, follow a guide and click buttons on a website to wipe Google's installed OS and install GrapheneOS. If you can read this comment, you can do it too.
Still have access to Google Play, but it's "sandboxxed" and unable to view/interact with the rest of the operating system. Can't recommend enough.
Even ignoring all the added security and privacy, it's easily the fastest, smoothest running phone I've ever held, including others' "top end" devices. It's not even a comparison.