Only Pixel 7 buttons fell down that kind of issue with massive amount of reports matter. What you describe just happen to very small % of users.
Regardless of any "fact" or objective reality you live your blanket statements are simply slanted points of view to start an argument over your opinion??
You can think the sun is black, but it doesn't make it truth.
The percentage of people having volume button fail is also very small but it is a very attention grabbing headline.
The truth is Apple and Google make fine phones. One cost much less than the other yet can do things the other can't. A Google Pixel 7 Pro cost $899 retail but has been on sale at $749 or less. That is cheaper than the entry level iPhone and you get so much more. Pixel is more secure than a normal Android phone. It has a vast number of AI features like call screening, photo unblur, and much more. It has a telephoto zoom lense, quad hd OLED screen with 120hz.
Does Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max beat the Google Pixel 7 pro? It should for the cost difference alone. The fact that it can even be compared is saying something and there are ways where the iPhone is clearly superior but there are also ways the Pixel is superior and at a considerable cost savings.
Pixel and Android is not perfect but either is Apple or iOS. Both are better than each other in certain ways.
But to simply trash on a brand because of a hardware failure is a rather adolescent attempt at dismissal of taking the brand seriously. Go ahead and laugh at us stupid Pixel users. Next time you have to answer a spam call I will have Google answer it for me.
Enjoy Apple. Nothing wrong with that but why come on the Android section of a Mac forum to complain about Android and how much better Apple is? You have several forums dedicated to your phone. Go on them and brag with your brothers how superior you all are and enjoy. No one will think twice. But coming on here and doing what you are doing shows something about what you are doing and why.