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I bought a Xiaomi phone (poco) for the first time in my life. I am furious about system app showing Ad.

If I want to change wallpaper, ringtone, it will show full page Ads. Even file manager app shows Ads. Wallpaper and ringtone apps are pure garbage.

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Thanks. That's a perma-ban for that company from me.

I have zero tolerance for ads but have happily used a Poco for years. IMHO you only buy one knowing you won't use some of the default apps. Choose alternatives and you never see a Xiaomi ad. It's a minor nuisance to get amazing bang for buck.

You'll probably prefer your choice because you can cater to your taste e.g. dual pane or whatever. I think I use one called File Manager from fdroid but there is more than one with that name. I probably use termux more. No app can beat a terminal and scripts! I don't touch wallpapers/ringtones.

I do boil with fury at ads in Google Pay though. Anyone know a fix?

The fix is to not use an app for making payments. Say what you will about Visa/MC but they can't show ads on the piece of plastic I tap to make payments. And they pay me $500 in cash back annually for the privilege of seeing what I'm buying.

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