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Is there any theoretical limit to stupidity? (Android permission auto-revoke)

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PlainName:

--- Quote ---My deepest and sincerest sympathy goes out to you for choosing anything Xiaomi phone. I bought one (I'm well informed) as a stop gap, two years ago. Yeah.... nope. Never again. MIUI is too awful.to be called a joke, since jokes are funny.
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I bought a Xiaomi Mi A1 (being well-informed you would know the significance of the A1) and like it so much I recently bought a second-hand spare because mine is starting to show issues. MIUI is just like any other custom frontend - the first thing any seriously bothered user would do is replace it with their preferred choice - mine is Nova Launcher, but alternatives exist.

My spare is now running LineageOS, so it's a) not running anything Xiaomi, and b) at Android 11 spec. Being well-informed you would know that Xiaomi have an established way to unlock the bootloader, something other manufacturers aren't so hot on.

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on February 18, 2022, 12:15:58 pm ---
--- Quote ---My deepest and sincerest sympathy goes out to you for choosing anything Xiaomi phone. I bought one (I'm well informed) as a stop gap, two years ago. Yeah.... nope. Never again. MIUI is too awful.to be called a joke, since jokes are funny.
--- End quote ---

I bought a Xiaomi Mi A1 (being well-informed you would know the significance of the A1) and like it so much I recently bought a second-hand spare because mine is starting to show issues. MIUI is just like any other custom frontend - the first thing any seriously bothered user would do is replace it with their preferred choice - mine is Nova Launcher, but alternatives exist.

My spare is now running LineageOS, so it's a) not running anything Xiaomi, and b) at Android 11 spec. Being well-informed you would know that Xiaomi have an established way to unlock the bootloader, something other manufacturers aren't so hot on.

--- End quote ---

Yeah, the phone I had the least pain installing a non-official OS (CM) was a Xiaomi one.

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: SilverSolder on February 16, 2022, 06:27:24 pm ---There is really no way out of this hole as long as you keep believing that it is "your" phone!  Once you accept that the phone isn't yours, and you begin treating it as if it had been issued to you by your employer, you will be a lot happier.

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Yeah, we'll be happy not owning anything. We got that. :popcorn:

Siwastaja:
Do you really need a smartphone?

I still live without. I have a small laptop with long battery life, which runs linux and boots in 8 seconds. I do have mobile internet. This computer acts like a traditional computer without much BS going on.  I can do most of the things people do with smart phones, except better, with the "downside" being the extra 15 second threshold of taking the thing out of my backpack and turning it on. This is of no issue because you rarely actually need to do anything on the go. Smart phones are really used for the instant dopamine entertainment bullshit so that you don't need to spend one minute with "nothing to do". The detrimental effect for mental health is undisputed. Sure, you don't need to use the smartphone like that, but once you don't do that, then you will also see that the appeal diminishes.

The only thing I can't do is if some crap company etc. absolutely requires me to use an app only available for a specific brand of "smartphone", from their app store, and purposely offer neither a web interface nor a portable application. There is no sane reason to do so, and as I don't negotiate with terrorists, I just take my business elsewhere I guess? But in reality, I haven't had to go that far, I've been able to do everything I want, always.

eti:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on February 18, 2022, 12:15:58 pm ---
--- Quote ---My deepest and sincerest sympathy goes out to you for choosing anything Xiaomi phone. I bought one (I'm well informed) as a stop gap, two years ago. Yeah.... nope. Never again. MIUI is too awful.to be called a joke, since jokes are funny.
--- End quote ---

I bought a Xiaomi Mi A1 (being well-informed you would know the significance of the A1) and like it so much I recently bought a second-hand spare because mine is starting to show issues. MIUI is just like any other custom frontend - the first thing any seriously bothered user would do is replace it with their preferred choice - mine is Nova Launcher, but alternatives exist.

My spare is now running LineageOS, so it's a) not running anything Xiaomi, and b) at Android 11 spec. Being well-informed you would know that Xiaomi have an established way to unlock the bootloader, something other manufacturers aren't so hot on.

--- End quote ---

Being snotty achieves nothing except to be a repellant, and make one come across as unpleasant- I’d know, I’ve done my fair share of it, I’m not proud of that.

I own a Redmi Note 7, which I unlocked well over two years ago and installed “Pixel experience” on, making it pretty usable.

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