Well i already use a pixel with graphene, and i love it.  But i wanted to learn how to flash it myself, so i bought a refurbished pixel 8 to learn.  Turned out to be way more complicated than everyone says.  But i think thats because i used linux to flash it, and even mrecheese, who has done it lots of times, had to walk me thru alot of troubleshooting. But its done😊