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Xiaomi phones are insane, at least BlackShark. They replace virtually all the major user level stuff of Android with extreme data collecting alternatives. They
by monkeyingaround 6y ago
Xiaomi phones are insane, at least BlackShark. They replace virtually all the major user level stuff of Android with extreme data collecting alternatives. They then make it so that you cannot disable many of them (via adp, custom ROMs etc.) without bricking the phone, I'm talking wallpaper or clock apps that run with full, non-modifiable privileges. They subsidize cheap hardware with truly insane level of tracking.
They will also stop allowing custom ROMs once they've built up enough reputation, some newer models already will never have custom ROMs.
- trasz 6y agoSo how is it different from a regular Android again?
- monkeyingaround 6y agostock android apps have sensible default permissions and are modifiable, e.g. clock does not have unmodifiable access to every aspect of your phone. clearer?
- techrat 6y agoIf you cannot replace the software on the Black Shark with alternatives without possibly bricking the phone, I would say that's a substantial deviation from the norm where most other devices have unlockable bootloaders and Rom support using LineageOS.
- a_imho 6y agoA run of the mill iphone is much worse in that regard.