Comment on Can't install app because it isn't "certified" by the government

RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Presumably because it’s much cheaper.

  There are reasons why it’s cheaper, and none of them improve your life.

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There are plent of cheap chinese phones supported by lineage os tho.

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    • bokherif@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Eh BIOS level rootkits have been around for a while. If uncle sam wants to watch you, believe me they will, just the same way uncle china does.

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  • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well today it’s maybe a bad idea (I havent really digged through it all recently but it seems to be a not good idea), but back in the day Xiaomi was the beast phone for cheap, with all the bells & whistles like swappable battery, sd card, good CPU & RAM etc. for a fraction of the cost of an iPhone or Samsung.

    So well, time changes!

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    • ryedaft@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      My 5 year old Xiaomi I got for €350 has about the same specs as an iPhone 16, except for the much better chip in the iPhone.

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