Your friends’ experience which you probably misheard is not data, where was the outcry about geminipdas being sold in limited markets? Amazon still sells 7a, same official seller and no ‘left in stock’ released may 2023, there are all kinds of models available, maybe your friend hates amazon like google, I don’t have a clue what his motivations were but you’re spreading fud right now and being stubborn even when proved wrong, as always, go ahead and live in your head where getting a pixel in EU is hard
Edit: oh and with pixels you don’t have to wait a year like with sony, for their B team to finally release something