Do Ads Helps Xiaomi to Launch Flagship Killers?

being EVIL ?

I was an early Xiaomi buyer, as I bought Redmi Note 3 in 2016. That time the hardware they packed inside it was good, and so is the software. From my point of view, Android device manufacturers should invest in software research and development, and Mi is doing this pretty fine till date on their home grown MIUI OS. 

However as I had upgrade to Redmi Note 4 and saw their rise in the Indian market with affordability and targeted smartphones to different users. 

They have so  many phones launched - Redmi for affordable phones, Redmi Note for bigger but affordable phones, Y series for selfie lovers, A series for mid range Android One program, Poco as flagship killer. Their top brand Mi and Mi Max did not get much success in India. Xiaomi has a different gaming phone brand too - Blackshark! 

However as I used my brother's newly bought Redmi K20 Pro, dubbed as another flagship killer with Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 855 processor, I felt MIUI is more stable (than the POCO MIUI) but there is too many intrusive ads coming from the Xiaomi's apps. Bloatwares can be manageable, but adwares are not. So I looked inside the settings, and found that Xiaomi by default keeps all of ad-gates open, but yes you can block most of them. 


It seems the ads are generating money for Xiaomi and thus they can offer Redmi K20 Pro at 28K !! 


How to disable Ads on Xiaomi Phones: 

1. Settings ➙ Additional Settings ➙ Privacy ➙ Ad services ➙ disable Presonalized ad recommendations 

2. Browser ➙ options (3 lines)  ➙ settings ➙ Privacy and Security ➙ disable Personalized services

3. Music ➙ Options ➙ Settings ➙ Additional settings ➙ Receive recommendations - disable

4. Security ➙ Settings ➙ Scroll down and disable Receive recommendations

5. Theme ➙ Profile ➙ Settings ➙ disable recommendation and Personalized wallpaper selection

6. Clock ➙ Options ➙ Settings ➙ disable Receive content recommendations

7. File Manager ➙ Options ➙ Settings ➙ About ➙ disable recommendations

8. Mi Video ➙ Account ➙ Settings ➙ disable online recommendations and Push notifications

9. Install any app from play store, wait til it completes, Install completion confirmation page ➙ settings ➙ disable recommendations

Now as I had used different phones from Xiaomi, I never find such ad oriented MIUI running smartphone where bloatwares are disguised as ad-wares. So can we conclude that Xiaomi is making money from these ads? And that's why they are able to give cut throat competition to flagship killers? 

A detailed post on Miui forum: https://c.mi.com/thread-1880982-1-0.html