Google claims to have some super special ultra security wifi secret sauce that makes random networks secure. I don't know how it works, but I don't like it. It often doesn't connect very well even if it is secure, which I have no idea if it is. I usually turn off wifi in those situations.
Such was my thinking, and I was sure to make sure that it can be disabled before I was willing to make the switch. I've heard enough positive experiences and am sufficiently sick of Verizon's shit after today that now it's just a question of deciding which phone I want.
I have a pixel 1. It's a good phone, but not a great one. Sort of buggy. For example sometimes it just only vibrates instead of ringing. Other annoying but not critical issues exist. Don't know if there pixel 2 had similar issues. I'm probably going to get a 3 when it comes out this fall.