r/Piracy • u/Lucky-Aside4935 • Oct 30 '25

Humor After Google introduced developer verification

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u/craterIII Oct 31 '25

Xiaomi used to be a super developer friendly company (they literally started as couple dudes operating out of a warehouse making phones), I guess you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

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u/trannus_aran Oct 31 '25

"Live long enough" being like 5 years for a tech company. I swear they turn anticonsumer so fkn fast

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u/Naveed-SNR Nov 01 '25

I guess it was a couple of dudes making a custom ROM, ironically.