The gen 1 was my first droid device after 2 iphones (I held off on a smart phone as long as possible since I work from home on the internet all day) and I wish I had went droid from the start. My gen 1 pixel xl was very solid, I only upgraded because of the good sale and for the larger screen, smaller bezels and dual front facing speakers. I will be rocking this one until at least the pixel 4 xl is out next year (with the gen 1 pixel xl in the safe for a spare just in case) assuming it doesn't have a notch like the gen 3 is reported to have.
I also really love my project fi service after so long chained to verizon's ridiculous prices. The fi service with the pixel does a great job of auto connecting to open wifi everywhere I go so I use very little data. Ignoring the cost of my 0% financed phone I pay $20 a month for calls/texts and $10 per gb of data which is usually under 1gb since I am always on wi-fi. $30 per month after taxes for cell service is hard to beat.