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Re:Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first tim... by mm983 on Sunday July 18, 2021 @06:08AM (#27871836)
might be tempting to get one but hear me out: you can't imagine the amount of bloat and adware on miui. it depends on your region because they don't legally get away with the same intrusion everywhere. I configured it in a GDPR country (which disables some features) and when I checked the DNS requests, it made a tracking/ad request several times per minute.

Also the pre installed apps like file manager and browser have ads. The browser, which additionally has a bunch of bloaty games integrated for whatever reason, can't be uninstalled. Not going to get one again, my mate's pixel seems like a delight in comparison

Re:Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first tim... by martimarkov on Sunday July 18, 2021 @06:43AM (#27871951)
If you are to downvote a comment which addresses privacy issues and puts the devices in a negative light, please also downvote all the ones that are saying they are great.
Re:Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first tim... by hughrr on Sunday July 18, 2021 @08:59AM (#27872568)
I'd rather have a 5 year old iPhone with suspect parts in it than deal with that sort of shit.
Re:Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first tim... by dsego on Sunday July 18, 2021 @06:55AM (#27871994)
Compared to my previous Samsung device the bloat on my new Redmi is bearable.
Re:Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first tim... by martimarkov on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:11PM (#27920652)
Please compare the network traffic between the 2 devices.