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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by tester1121@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

I'm using a Pixel 6 Pro right now, and I'm looking around to see if there are any good phones. However, I have heard that there are ads in the newer flagship phones (Samsung, Xiaomi). I am willing to spend around USD$750 on a new phone, but I just don't want any crazy ads or preinstalled apps like Facebook. Are there phones that don't suck nowadays? I can buy a phone that is sold in the US, Canada, or EU.

(I don't want to go through menus to disable ads (Xiaomi), and I'm currently looking at phones other than the Pixel lineup to see if there's a better option for me)
(I also don't want to mess around with custom bootloaders/systems, I rely on Google services way too much)

EDIT: If it wasn't clear enough, I am not looking for things like GrapheneOS or LineageOS or others, I am looking for a phone and judging based on the stock system on it.

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[-] sramder@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I’m still pissed my Google TV has a Netflix button and I pay for and use Netflix… and that shit is “integrated” so deeply it still loads up in the background even… anyway.

Do people really rationalize this crap away?

[-] tester1121@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Can't you remove Netflix on CCwGTv? The Play Store let me, and it doesn't seem to reinstall.

[-] sramder@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

No idea what a CCeGTv… oh, no, this is an NVSwGTv ;-) But that’s a super solid point! I was actually paying for it up until they got greedy, just objected to the button. But now that I can uninstall it there’s a 95% chance it won’t be able to launch in the background.

Now I just need to sharpie over the logo, and my mind will be at peace 🤤

[-] tester1121@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Try using Button Mapper to remap the button if you want to, worth a try!

[-] sramder@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Word :-)

I actually have, but even with the device rooted and buttonmappers special ADB command run somehow, and only sometimes, Netflix creeps into the task switcher.

The button reliably launches Plex every time, so as far as I’m concerned it works just fine.

Someone suggested uninstalling the Netflix app and I’m sure that would sort out the last bit of it. But I was actually still using Netflix :-)

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