Whelp it’s a shame that xiaomi is now going to end up on the entity list.
Spoiler: Xiaomi is #1 now.
I tried the Mi 8 Lite, honestly I’m not impressed. It’s super cheap, which is really cool, but the OS it comes with is riddled with bloatware… Not sure it’s worth it
I returned my last Samsung because it was riddled with bloatwear that could not be disabled or uninstalled
Facebook was one such app, if I disabled it, it would re-enable itself on reboots
And it wasn’t even a cheap phone
Canta is a very good tool for that
when I got my S24+, it had Facebook, Spotify, Netflix, LinkedIn, Office 365, and OneDrive. I was able to uninstall all of them except OneDrive. I disabled OneDrive.
Good to know you can now uninstall them. I think my son has a Samsung now, I can check with him.
Depends on whether it comes from Samsung or via a phone company.
Either way, Universal Debloat Utility is your friend.
but the OS it comes with is riddled with bloatware…
As opposed to Samsung and Apple? Right…
Samsung from a phone vendor like Verizon is bloated, but not one from Samsung (well, except the Samsung crap like Bixby).
I’d say Samsung is comparable, but Apple… Isn’t the goal of buying an iPhone to have a closed environment? (or was)
Yeah other commenter was incorrect. They’re sold with only a basic collection of first-party apps (even the carrier locked devices, so far).
To get one with third-party apps pre-installed requires special provisioning meant for employee work phones. (If you come across one of these in the wild, ask the seller to reset in front of you. If the bloatware remains, odds are the device was recently stolen.)
Xiaomi are listening to their customers!
Literally. 😅
Not really a surprise considering the size of their domestic market. An interesting statistic would be each of these vendor’s shares outside of their home country. I’m particularly curious at Apple’s share without the US’s iPhone majority.
I bought an umidigi Bison Pro 3, years ago. It’s still going strong with no noticeable issues
I tried to get a custom ROM but they don’t seem to exist, people call this a garbage brand (it may be, I don’t know) but it has served me well and I’m happy to have paid $250 for a fast phone so I can constantly chat with my wife and browse Lemmy… Why would I pay $1000 for a “flagship” phone to do those 2 same, completely non critical, tasks?
Security and software updates
Fair. Although Motorola also left me in the dust with my precious phone, but I was able to find custom ROMs for that one