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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by eloisant on Sunday January 25, 2026 @10:13AM (#46754728)
Chinese phones have great hardware at great prices, unfortunately they suck at software.

So unless you want to spend the time and effort to switch to and work with the quirks of LineageOS or similar, you get an overall worse experience.

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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by StopDisinfo910 on Monday January 26, 2026 @04:28AM (#46763510)
That hasn't been true for years. Both Oppo and Xiaomi ship with very usable software nowadays, very inspired by Cupertino in the case of Oppo but still ok.
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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by ulfw on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:35AM (#46764415)
Exactly. I am very happy with ColorOS 16. It looks like a prettier version of iOS18 and that's not a bad thing.

https://www.oppo.com/en/coloros16/

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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by ulfw on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:34AM (#46764406)
ColorOS 16 on my Oppo Find N5 works flawlessly, fast, smooth. I have no idea what you mean
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