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[–] xijinpingist@hexbear.net 27 points 3 days ago (20 children)

It's trash. Xiaomi makes good phones and that's it. I made the very foolish decision to get locked into the Xiaomi ecosystem and everything else they make is trash. My fitness band broke twice, my scale stopped synchronizing with their fitness app, and recently my phone updated itself after I deliberately disabled auto updates. Now I have a "security" app that demands I turn on scanning and claims an app I don't have installed is a security threat. Naturally, it us uninstallable. I also got an "in car" app I can't get rid of though I don't have a car. After that stunt my next phone won't be Xiaomi either.

[–] Homme_Tanks@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Now I have a "security" app that demands I turn on scanning

Is the OS Android based? This might actually be Google's fault, because this year (if not rolling out already) they are trying to move Android toward becoming a walled garden by seriously complicating third-party APK installation. Supposedly there will be like a 12 step annoying process that we will have to go through to install stuff with F-Droid for example

[–] xijinpingist@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

Xiaomi has their own version of Android called MIUI that is hacked to look just like Apple. It's getting further away from stock Android, whatever that is.

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