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not only that but... people trust chinese phones with a chinese OS? i mean, if they steal R&D, what are the chances they are also stealing your data?
by fernandotakai 8y ago
not only that but... people trust chinese phones with a chinese OS? i mean, if they steal R&D, what are the chances they are also stealing your data?
- icelancer 8y ago>> people trust chinese phones with a chinese OS? No, wiping and installing stock Android is not that difficult, which is what I've done. Also, you drastically overestimate how interested Chinese manufacturers are in additional data [0] of random Americans. [0]: Considering that all smartphone companies steal your data in some form, I doubt Xiaomi is stealing significantly more, really.
- solarkraft 8y agoI meant the copiers generally spend less (probably much less than Samsung) on building a brand. Again more value for your money. I own a Pocophone F1, made by Xiaomi. It supposedly has one of the better UIs by default, but I found it pretty insufferable. Then again: The terrible software (with some ads) probably again subsidizes the device's price. No joke, the device with absolutely high-end specs cost me about 300€. The bootloader unlocking process is an insult (you have to have a Xiaomi account, verify your e-mail address, link it to your device, install their windows-only software, then wait 3 days [most of those steps took me multiple reboots to get figured out correctly]), but after that it is absolutely smooth to install the Android distribution of your choice - and there's a lot of it. I made sure not to do any banking on it before replacing the software, but afterwards it's probably more trustworthy than stock software of any non-chinese vendor. Of course if we're talking about stock chinese software ..... yeah, I wouldn't trust that, even on their 'global' versions, that aren't government guaranteed to spy on their users.