Yet the number of them I see in the wild each day is zero or one not counting the 8 Pro in my hand. So I think that data may be flawed. It's a sea of Apple or Samsung.
Grifters going to grift
Mint, Ubuntu have all pretty much worked out of the box for me
Actually Broadcoms fault not Apple. Pretty much every Ubuntu flavor I have used has the driver on the ISO and installs without issue.
As long as the phone works well I don't worry too much about the bechmarks. I would rather use my phone for some years and enjoy the ride. I think at some point I just tired of chasing the latest shiny Pokemon and just try to enjoy what I have.
We shall see in a few years if I feel the same.
Oh the number of times that I have tweaked something only to only have to start over is too damn high!