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Something pretty crazy is that, in its early days, Xiaomi gained traction as a smartphone manufacturer because its devices offered incredible hardware for the p

Something pretty crazy is that, in its early days, Xiaomi gained traction as a smartphone manufacturer because its devices offered incredible hardware for the price. At the same time, Xiaomi provided its own Android skin with virtually zero bloatware, while giving users an insane level of customization to make the experience fit their needs perfectly. But that was before, now they pack more bloatware than samsung devices.

Markoff 14d ago
that's just not truth, MIUI was always bloated, but Xiaomi had great VFM + unlockable bootloader so nobody cared, nowadays is very difficult to unlock the bootloader, though you can achieve similar result with Shizuku and other tools which take advantage of Shizuku, the VFM ain't that good anymore, same goes for now discontinued OnePlus
- greatgib 13d ago
  Wrong in the first one I got, maybe something like note 3 pro and so, there was absolutely no useless preloaded or ad apps
  - Markoff 13d ago
    redmi note 3 pro ain't xiaomi though, but redmi, I still have one, though physical buttons are gone but anyway I though you are talking about different bloat, like system bloated with features and Xiaomi apps, if we talk about preinstalled apps in general then yes, there are more of them, but same goes even for "clean" Pixel ROMs, all phones have in general way more apps than they used to as for the apps, honestly never seen an app in Xiaomi system, just disable bunch of options in settings and you are good, doesnt require much hacking, just regular user available settings if you dont like useless apps, especially the ones from Xiaomi, you can disable them through Shizuku + Canta, though need to be careful, some can cause bootloop, so always read description
    - greatgib 10d ago
      Wasn't Redmi a brand of Xiaomi since the beginning?
      - Markoff 10d ago
        I was just clarifying distinction between brands since they can have a litle bit different approach to preinstalled apps and ads, the chaper the model the more lieky to have ads and preinstalled apps, though in times of RN3 Pro they were pretty much same, the MIUI was already bloated back then which was actually bigger problem than nowadays since HW was weaker than now, when the bloated system doesn't matter that much, but yeayh, in that times there were less 3rd party apps preinstalled, but already at that time I used Lineage or other custom ROM to replace bloated MIUI

Markoff 14d ago

that's just not truth, MIUI was always bloated, but Xiaomi had great VFM + unlockable bootloader so nobody cared, nowadays is very difficult to unlock the bootloader, though you can achieve similar result with Shizuku and other tools which take advantage of Shizuku, the VFM ain't that good anymore, same goes for now discontinued OnePlus

greatgib 13d ago
Wrong in the first one I got, maybe something like note 3 pro and so, there was absolutely no useless preloaded or ad apps
- Markoff 13d ago
  redmi note 3 pro ain't xiaomi though, but redmi, I still have one, though physical buttons are gone but anyway I though you are talking about different bloat, like system bloated with features and Xiaomi apps, if we talk about preinstalled apps in general then yes, there are more of them, but same goes even for "clean" Pixel ROMs, all phones have in general way more apps than they used to as for the apps, honestly never seen an app in Xiaomi system, just disable bunch of options in settings and you are good, doesnt require much hacking, just regular user available settings if you dont like useless apps, especially the ones from Xiaomi, you can disable them through Shizuku + Canta, though need to be careful, some can cause bootloop, so always read description
  - greatgib 10d ago
    Wasn't Redmi a brand of Xiaomi since the beginning?
    - Markoff 10d ago
      I was just clarifying distinction between brands since they can have a litle bit different approach to preinstalled apps and ads, the chaper the model the more lieky to have ads and preinstalled apps, though in times of RN3 Pro they were pretty much same, the MIUI was already bloated back then which was actually bigger problem than nowadays since HW was weaker than now, when the bloated system doesn't matter that much, but yeayh, in that times there were less 3rd party apps preinstalled, but already at that time I used Lineage or other custom ROM to replace bloated MIUI