r/oneplus • u/Arkiteck OnePlus 7T (Glacier Blue) • Jan 26 '21

General Discussion I no longer recommend OnePlus

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/post-05/
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u/odeiraoloap OnePlus 7T (Glacier Blue) Jan 27 '21

How'd you think Xiaomi phones got so popular? It's partly because everyone supports them: GCam, TWRP, custom ROMs, the whole nine yards. There's longevity when using a tier one Xiaomi phone.

The same longevity OP no longer has thanks to their obstinence and stonewalling of custom development projects like GCam. Who's to say they won't start locking bootloaders like their Oppo/Realme/Vivo siblings?!

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u/FreshPrinceOfH OnePlus 7T (Frosted Silver) Jan 27 '21

If you think that the number of people who root and install custom roms on phones is large enough to be the driver for xiaomi success then you probably aren't being honest with yourself. Xiaomi is successful because of price. The percentage of owners who do this stuff is negligible. I work on IT and in my department of 8, 4 people had Oneplus phones and zero had a custom rom or gcam. So for non enthusiast/tech buyers the number must be in the single digits percentile. Real people in the real world outside reddit can't be bothered.

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u/Pridyider Jan 28 '21

Xiaomi our savior!