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That's all cool, but those aren't Android apps (at least most of them). Those are closed source, full of telemetry and unnecessary integration google apps.

Question wasn't about if google apps are better, but how pixels contribute to the growth of AOSP differently then vendors like samsung.

Just because google sponsor AOSP, doesn't mean that any proprietary app they make (which is all of them btw) count as AOSP contribution. AOSP and Pixel are 2 separete things.