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      Octo core, 8GB ram (+8GB “virtual” whatever that means), 1TB storage, Leica optics and a mind blowing 120watt charger (that I rarely use, but when I do… Hold your hat!).

      It’s just a very good phone IMO, no bling, but also no specific downside. Maybe the one thing is a not vert good file manager, but I use FX so I don’t really relate.

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        22 minutes ago

        the other xiaomi user pointed out that its basically just android, with google play services and all, so you’re just any other android user pretty much, right?

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            yeah, the reason i compared google and apple is because it’s like the only two options available, as far as i know there aren’t any linux phones which can actually work as phones, best we can do is degoogled android and very few people use it

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      Has more bloatware than samsung and more spyware than facebook. Not the person you talked with first, but I also have a xiaomi and it’s borderline unusable if you don’t use adb to uninstall some of the ad shit. They throw ads on gallery, video player, music player, wallpaper, calculator, file browse.

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        24 minutes ago

        Did you get one of the really cheap ones? I have heard they are cheap for a reason (e.g. they get the money from elsewhere, AKA selling you).

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          I wish that was a problem exclusive to the cheaper phones or even xiaomi. I’ve had a Samsung Galaxy S20, it came with so much fucking bullshit apps. My gf and her sister both have a mid-high xiaomi (dunno about the specific model), ads are every-fucking-where.

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              It does, the international version comes with google play and the store and everything, it’s a typical android phone like what you get from motorola or samsung, with a custom UI and lots of bloatware

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                  Probably a “Notes” xiaomi (or cheaper even), cheap and with publicity. I have the “flagship killer” (whatever that means) and there is 1 publicity in the file manager. I use FX so I don’t care personally.

                  If you tinker a minimum (like installing an app) it’s extremely well worth the money compared to samsung or worse, apple. IMO.

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                    i dont think we are talking about like, phone performance so much as the level of evil associated with the corporation provided by the platform, i use grapheneOS which is degoogled android because google is super evil, and apple is evil too, but they’re a minor evil by comparison to google