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That's not required on A series phones, which ship with a mostly stock Android as opposed to the custom MIUI.
The last one they released is the Mi A3 in July 2019. They discontinued the line and never released the A4
Xiaomi once conducted a poll on Twitter which OS users prefer - MIUI or Stock. 80 % or so voted for Stock Android hence Xiaomi deleted the poll.
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My point is that there's no such a thing as "liberation", since interventions are known to be used as a pretext to project power. Calling it "liberation" is an euphemism for what it really is. No nation should meddle in other's internal affairs.
I strongly disagree with that. In my opinion, the sovereignty of nation states does not have priority over all other concerns under all circumstances. But this is certainly a very complex issue.
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Most of the Xiaomi phones are supported by LineageOS. If you have an hour to spare, you can easily unlock the bootloader and install it to get a stock Android experience (even skip out Google Services if you want). I have the Poco F1, cost me about $230 for SD845 + 8GB RAM + 4000mAh + 256GB storage. It's a pretty good deal after installing LineageOS on it.
Back when I last looked you had to register an account, use a Windows application and wait a few weeks before being allowed to unlock the phone. Has that been changed then?
I have always thought many android based phones are fantastic. I have a dirt cheap Nokia(don't even know the model)and apart from initial startup time and availability of integrated, so to say native apps, it blows the iphone 11 out of the water in camera, speed, responsiveness. Also had a xiaomi phone as business phone, and it was performing better than the currently available iphone. I think iphones have stopped lo…
> it blows the iphone 11 out of the water in camera, speed, responsiveness I have not seen iphone being outclassed by another phone.
The big surprise for me is how Samsung maintains its market share with selling prices 40% higher than the Android competition. Is it just brand or promotional spend or is there something else?
I have always thought many android based phones are fantastic. I have a dirt cheap Nokia(don't even know the model)and apart from initial startup time and availability of integrated, so to say native apps, it blows the iphone 11 out of the water in camera, speed, responsiveness. Also had a xiaomi phone as business phone, and it was performing better than the currently available iphone. I think iphones have stopped lo…
Xiaomi is able to make their phones so cheap by making their software as crappy as possible. They collect a lot of data (yes, their calculator app has a privacy policy) and sometimes show ads. You need a Xiaomi account to enable debugging (adb). Though they're still immensely popular here in Russia.
Their sourcing and labor practices possibly save a dollar or two https://knowthechain.org/wp-content/uploads/2020_KTC_ICT_Sco...
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Most of the Xiaomi phones are supported by LineageOS. If you have an hour to spare, you can easily unlock the bootloader and install it to get a stock Android experience (even skip out Google Services if you want). I have the Poco F1, cost me about $230 for SD845 + 8GB RAM + 4000mAh + 256GB storage. It's a pretty good deal after installing LineageOS on it.
The downside is that you lose DRM-enabled content. For example, it's a hassle to use Netflix at 720p/1080p, and what's more important to my use case for example, is Spotify. It's _possible_ in theory, but it's extremely hacky. I personally went the Google route w/ a Pixel 4a, so I get a simple, zero non-sense UI, with no forced ads or anything, just a smooth experience, at a slight premium (not that much to be comple…
I've got a Xiaomi phone (Mi 10 Lite) and am pretty happy with it. Hardware is great. Software (MIUI) is adware crap, which I knew when I was buying. I tweaked privacy settings as much was possible, and I use almost none of the builtin apps. Instead I use Firefox Focus+Mobile for browsing, Amaze for file management, Dropbox for file storage and PDF view, etc. Overall the entire experience is comparable (for me) to a S…
>The most annoying things are still Google and YouTube ToS accept dialogs I get all the time because I'm effectively using an incognito browser, and I'd get those on any phone. You may be able to add a list to uBlock which blocks cookie popups. https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/
Sadly Firefox Focus on Android doesn't seem to support extensions or manually loading block lists, but as I do mainly browse from private mode on desktop as well, the extension will help there.