For me it is infinitely more customizable and functional than stock Android though, especially with Good Lock, and of course third party launchers are just objectively better than both Pixel OS, which is boring and featureless, and OneUI, which still has too many limitations compared to something like Nova, unless you care about the smoothest possible animations. OneUI at least has 2 interesting features though that even Nova doesn't do, and only a handful of inferior launchers might include: dual screen shortcuts and stacked widgets. I am scratching my head whenever anyone says they like Pixel Launcher. It is basically iOS for Android with super limited options in my opinion.

But hey, most people disagree with me. It blows my.mind that half the phones in the country are iPhones, so I am probably the asshole.