The reason they are the best value for money is because they use good parts, but don't add a massive markup to the price. This keep the prices down and the quality up.
Same reason as people buy phones with American data mining software like Google Framework, Facebook, Amazon, Icloud etc. They like the apps and are willing to sacrifice their privacy for some of the features provided. If you're concerned about privacy then you should probably avoid smartphones and/or the Internet.
Are you talking about Google App Framework, Facebook's data collecting, thousands of data mining apps or the Icloud? Pretty much everyone is doing it these days. There is no private smartphone.
Google and Facebook are spyware and collect a lot more data about people than anything Xioami collects. Not to mention all the thousands of smartphone apps that track your location and useage activities. Apple say they aren't but doing this, but I'd take that claim with a pinch of salt. Even this very web page on Slashdot sends tracking data to 8 different third party web domains (if you don't have a script blocker). Welcome to cloud based computing.
The Internet plays into the swarm mentality that humans have. It's just that that swarm mentality is more exposed than ever now. People just go with whatever they are brainfed and are less diverse than they think. Let's look at some of the math:.
Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Republican, Democrat, BBC and A small number of popular news agencies
That's a very small number of sources that humans are swarming towards. Yes there are alternatives out there.... But they ellipse the competition. Who uses the alternatives? We've let a small number of groups take over how we get information and how we shop.
The days of which OS uou use being important are almost gone. It's all about computers being thin clients these days. Microsoft are more concerned about selling their cloud services. That's where the money is. The "pay as you use" model is much more lucrative than the "buy and use forever" model.
That would be great if you knew the software that was exploiting a security hole in your phone to root it was 100% legit. You know, if you knew for sure that wasn't also secretly installing some hidden presents in the background.
It's not worth rooting. A person who admits rooting pretty much admits they have no idea about tech security. There are very few things that would make rooting worth compromising the security of your phone and/or networks.
I use your rooted phone too. Thanks for rooting it. Oh, you didn't know there was an extra wee package pushed to your phone during the rooting process?
Rooting your phone with any software is risky. Nearly all rooting software looks for exploits in your phone that allow them to gain root permissions (ie take over your phone). They upload a bunch of software to your phone that is now completely writable. Most people who root their phones have no idea what they are uploading to their phones. There could be malware, proxy software, bots, trojan horses, you name it
Then of course there's the fact that there's only the superuser app between preventing any apk (play store or external) from having full access to your phone. That's a lot of trust to put in one third party app.
Remember, not all malware announces it's existence. Some malware likes to go quietly undetected while it does it's thing. I wouldn't touch a rooted android device with a bargepole. A non-rooted device already gives app developers way too much access and information.
MS are more intersrted in selling their cloud platform tools these days. They have their own Android Launcher which is actually pretty good. No point in trying to maintain a whole OS when you can just maintain the front end.
Thanks, but I already run scrcpy on my desktop to control my phone
Windows:https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
Debian/Ubuntu: https://xn--joh-9ma.com/contro...
I've voted with my wallet and try to avoid the US when travelling transatlantic. The experience in US airports is usually horrible. Airports in other countries are often way more relaxed. I'd rather spend my money in countries that treat people with respect.
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Iphone is as chinese an anything else.
I thought they arrested you in that trump van on Friday. Must have been some other nut.
The reason they are the best value for money is because they use good parts, but don't add a massive markup to the price. This keep the prices down and the quality up.
Same reason as people buy phones with American data mining software like Google Framework, Facebook, Amazon, Icloud etc. They like the apps and are willing to sacrifice their privacy for some of the features provided. If you're concerned about privacy then you should probably avoid smartphones and/or the Internet.
India, and they keep their profit margin down to be able to sell good quality phones at a better price.
Are you talking about Google App Framework, Facebook's data collecting, thousands of data mining apps or the Icloud? Pretty much everyone is doing it these days. There is no private smartphone.
Who makes the custom roms? Google, and some l33t h4ck0r who puts who knows what into the roms. There's no privacy on smartphones.
Google and Facebook are spyware and collect a lot more data about people than anything Xioami collects. Not to mention all the thousands of smartphone apps that track your location and useage activities. Apple say they aren't but doing this, but I'd take that claim with a pinch of salt. Even this very web page on Slashdot sends tracking data to 8 different third party web domains (if you don't have a script blocker). Welcome to cloud based computing.
The Internet plays into the swarm mentality that humans have. It's just that that swarm mentality is more exposed than ever now. People just go with whatever they are brainfed and are less diverse than they think. Let's look at some of the math:. Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Republican, Democrat, BBC and A small number of popular news agencies That's a very small number of sources that humans are swarming towards. Yes there are alternatives out there.... But they ellipse the competition. Who uses the alternatives? We've let a small number of groups take over how we get information and how we shop.
Photoshop will be cloud based in under 5 years. It's better for them to maintain one version than versions for all different operating systems.
Americans prefer shooting kids in schools.
photoshop will move to cloud eventually.
The days of which OS uou use being important are almost gone. It's all about computers being thin clients these days. Microsoft are more concerned about selling their cloud services. That's where the money is. The "pay as you use" model is much more lucrative than the "buy and use forever" model.
Why bother? Just make a clone with the same functionality and then you wont have to be stuck maintaining someone else's crappy code.
That would be great if you knew the software that was exploiting a security hole in your phone to root it was 100% legit. You know, if you knew for sure that wasn't also secretly installing some hidden presents in the background.
It's not worth rooting. A person who admits rooting pretty much admits they have no idea about tech security. There are very few things that would make rooting worth compromising the security of your phone and/or networks.
I use your rooted phone too. Thanks for rooting it. Oh, you didn't know there was an extra wee package pushed to your phone during the rooting process?
Rooting your phone with any software is risky. Nearly all rooting software looks for exploits in your phone that allow them to gain root permissions (ie take over your phone). They upload a bunch of software to your phone that is now completely writable. Most people who root their phones have no idea what they are uploading to their phones. There could be malware, proxy software, bots, trojan horses, you name it Then of course there's the fact that there's only the superuser app between preventing any apk (play store or external) from having full access to your phone. That's a lot of trust to put in one third party app. Remember, not all malware announces it's existence. Some malware likes to go quietly undetected while it does it's thing. I wouldn't touch a rooted android device with a bargepole. A non-rooted device already gives app developers way too much access and information.
MS are more intersrted in selling their cloud platform tools these days. They have their own Android Launcher which is actually pretty good. No point in trying to maintain a whole OS when you can just maintain the front end.
MS have their own android launcher. They don't need their own Android
Thanks, but I already run scrcpy on my desktop to control my phone Windows:https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy Debian/Ubuntu: https://xn--joh-9ma.com/contro...
Why the domination goal? You some sort of control freak? Let people be free to do what they want. Posted from my desktop.
"I use arch" "I'm vegan" "I only eat non-gluten". Yeah, we've come across this sort people before.
You clicked it. This site gets its revenue from clicks.
I've voted with my wallet and try to avoid the US when travelling transatlantic. The experience in US airports is usually horrible. Airports in other countries are often way more relaxed. I'd rather spend my money in countries that treat people with respect.