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.

  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
    71·
    10 months ago

    Is this a US thing? I’ve never seen any ads within Android itself, or any Google app.

    • Pantherina@feddit.deEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      No me neither. But if you use ISP DNS, Google Chrome, Youtube, Google blablabla you might see ads.

      This is not the biggest problem though, as all apps will gather data in you to improve those ads, no matter if you block them or not.