Yep for sure that's where it shines. The fact I can use magic eraser or face unblur on it even on pics taken on other devices is just icing on the cake. Other things like being able to just type in a business name in the dialer. I really hate Samsung's phone app bc it doesn't have this. I agree the pixel version of Android is short of a lot of the bells and whistles OneUI has. But the little extra things it has and does well you just don't realize are there until you use a phone that doesn't have them. On top of that I prefer the overall look from the app drawer to the notification pull down and especially the widgets for Spotify and YouTube, etc that are in the notification shade.
That said, the battery life on this S23U and the much superior camera hardware. There's no denying when it comes to hardware it's easily the superior device. I'm keeping it I'm certain but my phone collection is getting waaaay out of hand