@cocaine_owlbear @nahmgood @retrocomputing @Tutanota Pixel 8a still meets all of our current generation security standards. It has 3 more years of updates than the Pixel 7a due to that being raised from 5 years to 7 for the Pixel 8 and later. It still has around 4 years and 8 months left before the guaranteed updates run out.

It doesn't make sense to buy a bottom of the barrel new Android device rather than a used Pixel.

Most people do not use a smartphone where another OS can be installed.