Say what you will about the value of these but I find my £99 (new) Redmi note 6 pro is doing wonderfully with LineageOS 18.1 running on Android 11 (while Xiaomi

Say what you will about the value of these but I find my £99 (new) Redmi note 6 pro is doing wonderfully with LineageOS 18.1 running on Android 11 (while Xiaomi is only supplying 9 on their default "MiUI"). These phones can be priced so agressively because they know they can extract money from you in other ways like selling usage activity or preinstalling certain apps. In fact when I tried the default OS out before installing Lineage there were ads built into the system apps. So by getting a phone compatible with a ROM like LineageOS you can both have the great monetary price without paying with your privacy and freedom.