I can't find anyone talking about this and I'm going insane trying to find out if my unit is just defective. Look at these comparison photos between my Pixel 6 and the Gopro; that's insane! I have cameras from the year 2006 that shoot better quality.
I've also attached a bigger photo from a real scenario and it has a really strange pixel pattern that I can't make heads or tails of. It's like the resolution of the image is foveated and this quirk does not show up in any reviews I can find.
I understand the physics of the situation, but I don't get why none of the reviewers have pointed out that strange pixel artifacting, which is really the thing I'm most bothered by. I can deal with a noisy, low quality image, but it just seems like there's some broken post-processing going on.