Damn, that’s horrible! I do agree that Google screwed you out of nearly 1k$ flagship but I think Samsung is worse! They also made the software worse and they still have bloatwares, which honestly is sad to see how Samsung still has awful experience, especially with shutter lag and poor optimization for the apps, compared with iPhone, they have much better experience, especially with the camera quality and optimization?

I also have the 13 pro max for a year now and it’s been great for me so far? No issues whatsoever