I miss the Nexus series because it kinda had the best of all worlds, but I'm in your camp where the camera is basically an afterthought.
I took more pictures of like...wiring inside a wall than anything in the last couple of years. Some of that is probably related to the cameras on my phones being underwhelming, but also I just haven't been that interested in photography overall as I'm aging. I'd rather just live the experience rather than taking pictures or videos of it.