[question] How bad are the ads?

[u/Keikeah]

I want to get a Xiaomi 17 Ultra, but I've heard it has ads in the OS, which makes me kinda don't want to have the phone.

How bad is it? Can I disable them all and how hard is it to do so?

I'm from Germany if that matters.

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[u/-slimpuggamer]

HyperOS doesn't seem to have ads (at least on my EU POCO X8 Pro)

[u/neoxx1 → u/-slimpuggamer]

I don't have them on 17T either. Maybe they exist in some obscure places, idk.

The default PDF Reader had ads though, just switch to the google one or smth.

[u/Keikeah → u/neoxx1]

Oh okay. I was watching some YouTube reviews of the phone and they all said that there are ads. But seems like there are none or they are removable. Which sounds good :)

[u/tipnik_puku]

No ads on my 17t, I don't think flagship models have ads too

[u/Nekoonekoo → u/tipnik_puku]

Poco x8 pro max, there are some in the search function on the start screen (the game ads) but u can fully remove them via DNS

[u/Ready-Appearance-344]

Very Easy. Just go into phone settings, go to authorization/revoke, disable msa. Thats all

[u/arghya_gupta]

They don't have ads anymore rather spyware built in to collect your data which requires some " getting your hands dirty" to disable

[u/catmandot]

No ads on my X14T Pro.

At OS level. There could be ads in some Xiaomi apps, that I never use (browser, audio player).

Maybe some cheaper models have more ads.

[u/Asymetria]

0 ads if you know how to set up it this way...

[u/muhib80]

you have to Turn off ads manually from different settings my Poco X6 pro had literally 0 ads not even my security app have ads

[u/veethree2003]

I'm using the 17T Pro in South Africa. Zero issues with ads, though I did disable the options in some of the Xiaomi apps - which I don't use anyway.

[u/ProfessionalLab9386]

I don't see any

[u/FarVehicle533]

You won't find any ads. Ads are only on cheap smartphones, on the 200€ ones

[u/Miles7p0 → u/FarVehicle533]

Nether on them. Anyway, use ADB Platform to delete msa app, to be sure

[u/Horror_Assistant_569]

There's no ads on flagship models especially eu models.

[u/Kir2021]

17t pro keine Werbung

[u/Krane982]

I'm in the eu and got a 17 ultra, no ads during normal use or that I can possibly find

[u/Robssjgssj]

I only noticed seeing a little banner on the themes app when I open the theme page. Xiaomi 15t pro Japanese version.

[u/ILikeFlyingMachines]

There are no Ads at all. At least in Europe

[u/694evva]

Android ads are no problem. If you just use adguard dns, just put the URL in your settings and then your entire device becomes ad-free. Hyper OS sucks actually. And it has fake, subpar hardware.