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minus-squaredukemirage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoI guess many foreign powers are interested in mass surveillance of unstable regions and low budget phones are a good way to do it. People there need phones and don’t have many options, or don’t care because there are worse problems.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoNo Name Chinese brand is “low budget” in those regions, not Samsung.
minus-squaredukemirage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours ago Samsung has been accused of shipping budget Galaxy A and M series smartphones with pre-installed spyware that users can’t easily remove.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-212 hours agoRead the rest of the article. They’re talking about “affordable Samsung models”. “Budget” for a Samsung, not “budget” for a smartphone on that region and definitelly not “low budged”. Want to check what “low budged” means for a smartphone in unstable (read: poor) regions, go to to AliExpress and search for “cheap smartphone”.
I guess many foreign powers are interested in mass surveillance of unstable regions and low budget phones are a good way to do it. People there need phones and don’t have many options, or don’t care because there are worse problems.
No Name Chinese brand is “low budget” in those regions, not Samsung.
Read the rest of the article.
They’re talking about “affordable Samsung models”.
“Budget” for a Samsung, not “budget” for a smartphone on that region and definitelly not “low budged”.
Want to check what “low budged” means for a smartphone in unstable (read: poor) regions, go to to AliExpress and search for “cheap smartphone”.