Hacker News Reader

That's what I did. But as others point out, how many know about this? And modifications are getting harder by the year. They are relying on these factors to ensure that the majority of the population remains exploitable.

which what, 0.5% of users will know and be able to do?

That number is way way way way way too high

Bettet make it a script or ansible playbook from the start since you will need to reapply it after system updates.

I don't want their shit on my phone at all. Can I remove it entirely?

With root.

So the ADB method alone isn't sufficient?

Buy a phone that doesn't sell your soul to the highest bidder. Or install an alternative OS.

You don't buy a bike and complain about the missing roof

Edit:// on my last Xiaomi I could remove anything with ADB, even definitely necessary apps, without root, do try it.