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 Normally, phone vendors try to sell the newest model because the profit margin is the highest

But why would you want a Pixel 6a?

--Great for an easy second phone, we sell them for just $245

--Reduce having to send large amounts of cryptocurrency, it's low risk

--Maybe you aren't ready to switch over every app of iPhone or stock android, but you can still get the benefits of a degoogled phone for your personal apps like Nostr, Signal, SimpleX, Bitcoin, Monero, ect.

--Isolate your work or personal life.  Or some high risk apps.

--The newer models have physical hardware for location tracking, with "find my phone", that COULD potentially be a hardware backdoor.  6a doesn't have this

--GrapheneOS still will have 2-3 years of security updates for the 6a.  You're telling me you're gonna use the Pixel 9 for three years? Get outta here, by then we'll have Pixel 99999

--Google is abusive and releases new models rapidly, that have very little benefit to the end user, so you're enabling them to profit from ripping you off.

-Get a PGP-signed receipt, backed by our binding deposit with XMRBazaar, with a legal contract permanently burned onto Arweave's immutable blockchain, as the true and legitimate rule of man

-Keep your name off the IMEI hardware that connects to cell towers to track your location

6a Summary,
-Low Risk
-Save Money
-Try out DeGoogling
-Isolate activity
-Great for beginners
-Get off Fiat Banks
-Reliable, fast, and moral legal systems
-Help us develop FOSS

Reach out today,
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/they-see-everything/index.html 
 Lmao I'm still running around perfectly happy with my two 4a models I installed GrapheneOS to, back in 2022. 
 I'll forward this to my peeps who haven't been convinced it's OK to not buy the Pixel 9 right now  
 6a is a great device. It's my daily driver and serves me well. Never saw the need for purchasing the more expensive 9-a pixels. 
 Would "Find my Phone" be a backdoor if it's on stock Google Android? 
 of course, but they don't even need that if it's stock.  For stock it does Wifi triangulation against your will 24/7:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googles-surveillance-the-shocking-truth/index.html