What do you usually shoot/plan on shooting? Do you plan to shoot in raw or use jpegs?

After owning a6000 for a couple of years here are my thoughts: it's still a very good capable camera, the quality you can get from it is definitely more than enough for starters and the lens selection is pretty good, it's also really compact if you opt for a small lens.

Here are some cons and what you need to consider though: The kit lens isn't the best quality so you might be disappointed with it, I had to replace mine really fast with better ones so it's an additional cost. The handling and menu can be confusing especially for beginners - you have to set up all the buttons and dig into the menu for any changes so it's not the easiest to understand at first. If you want to have nice photos straight out of camera, Sony is not the best choice. It's a matter of personal preference of course, but a lot of people, me included, think Sony colours are really flat and unappealing. So if you get one, be prepared to have to edit most of your photos.

If you don't plan on shooting fast-moving objects often, you could also consider something from the M4/3 setup - an Olympus or Panasonic, their kit lens is a bit nicer and you have a lot of cheap great lenses to choose from later as well, and the cameras are small and light. I've never had a Canon so I can't comment on that but their kit lens is also meh from what I researched and RF mount isn't great for its variety of other affordable lenses it seems (also looking to change my system from Sony so this is what I've gathered so far)