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Who in the US is buying midrange or flagship phones without a loan?
I did.
did it because I was tired of having every conversation I had popup as an ad. the "fair" part was simply a bonus.
I also refuse to use a pixel because I don't trust any firmware written by Google to not have some kind of backdoor in.
You can literally buy an excellent phone that will last you for 3-4 years for less that 400 USD, hell I'd say it's even better for the environment to buy used or refurbished phones and save even more money