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Exactly this.

You always have a choice. You can even buy a dumbphone.

If you still buy Xiaomi knowing they spy on you, you just don't care. And that is also a choice.

People should vote with their wallet. This also means you can't always get what you want.

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Yeah, instead you should buy an iPhone that's manufactured in China. Or a Samsung phone that's... made in China.

Besides, you'll get the American spying anyway whether you avoid Chinese phones or not.

I don't get what your point is in relationships with what I wrote.

Dumbphones become less of an option lately. The vaccination certificate is on my phone. So are the apps that are mandatory to access my banking. Ao is Authy. Sure, I could carry around a printed-out QR code (how long will that one last?) or switch banks and forget about online banking, and stop using 2FA, just so I can avoid having a smartphone, but eventually, we will see a time when those are no longer options.

So you have a choice, while the alternative is very inconvenient.

I still have a choice, but the time is looming in which I won't anymore - unless I go to live in the woods and start scavenging for beets and beetles in true Brave New World fashion.

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