imagine getting rich because of some mumbo jumbo accounting BS and manipulation then decided to battle an actual manufacturing powerhouse that can actually produce sellable products. lmao bruh, economy is not like your typical cooked sports ppv bets like the “paul douchebags” vs whoever the fuck they want to fight.

what an out of touch idiot.

edit: and yes, they keep on pumpin and dumpin

  • excral@feddit.org
    41·
    2 days ago

    I can only recommend against buying Xiaomi phones because they are shitty by design. My parents have Xiaomi phones and there are ads everywhere, including in the standard system apps.

    For example: The vanilla files app is hidden and you can only use it if you know what you’re doing and dig it up. Instead you have Xiaomi’s file manager app that not only lacks many features, but has the audacity to be infested with apps. When you start the app, you will get a full screen ad and can only continue to the proper app after a few seconds and even then there are banner ads still.

    If you install apps manually from apks, some Xiaomi app scanner launches to scan the apk. I doubt the scanner is effective or does anything useful, but it’s yet another opportunity to show full screen ads.

    • Scavenger_Solardaddy@lemmy.ml
      1·
      12 hours ago

      Xiaomi’s file manager app that not only lacks many features, but has the audacity to be infested with apps. When you start the app, you will get a full screen ad

      Life Pro Tip: go to your DNS settings and change your private dns to “dns.adguard.com”. This will block all ads on your phone including the ones inside apps (excluding YT).

    • Hoimo@ani.social
      4·
      2 days ago

      That’s why I check if there is a custom rom available before buying any phone. My current phone came with Xiaomi’s HyperOS, which tries to be iOS but on Android. Luckily some heroes ported CrDroid, so now I have a €200 phone that feels like a €500 phone.

      But I still can’t recommend Xiaomi, because they made it nearly impossible to unlock the bootloader. Installing a custom rom isn’t even the hard part when the OEM has a five step process to get a stupid unlock code. Took me a month, just because they required a minimum account age. Should have checked that process before buying too. Or just returned the phone when I could, because that month pushed me out of the return window of course :')

    • Wanpieserino@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 days ago

      That’s pretty smart. They can infest apps with ads in order to make someone delete that app.

      I’ve only seen it on YouTube vanced, because it didn’t come from an app store.

      The reason to use it is because you want to avoid ads.

      I don’t see any of those ads on other apps. In which area of the world do you live?