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Nothing pulls its iMessage app from the Play Store following privacy disaster
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this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2023
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This is one of the many reasons I don't like Nothing. They are willing to put users at risk just so they can sell a few more phones.
Let me tell you Nothings strategy:
Make an extract clone of the iPhone and put some gimmick lights on it to get attention.
Make some airpod clones but make them see through to again attract attention
Try to get iMessage working on Nothing 2 (screw you if you're on Nothing 1, Apple style) to reinforce the impression you're using an iPhone.
If successful, price the Nothing 3 even higher to make it seem premium even though it's nothing special at all.
Bring features to the Nothing 3, that the Nothing 2 and Nothing 1 will never get, even though there is no reason not to give it to them too.
Repeat for Nothing 5 and every other Nothing ever. And eventually reach iPhone pricing.
In short, they are using their users just to get popular, become like Apple and get rich. Only to screw you over and make future phones super expensive.
Much like One Plus did. First you position yourself as flagship killer, and once you get a loyal following and deals with mobile carriers then you push the price sky high and give your supporters the middle finger.
Anyone who buys Nothing is a fool.
Despite that, I have a Nothing Phone 1 with LineageOS and I think it's great. The iPhone like design is actually one of the reasons I bought it. Price is also very good for the hardware. What else they're doing is nothing I care about.
Well the shape of actually the best thing about it. Apple really hit on a winner with that design and the corner radius they use. It's very pleasing to the eye. Whereas Android phones tend to have sharper corners, for whatever reason.
Because Apple has design patents on those corners. Samsung lost a lawsuit about it and almost had to pay out a billion dollars.
Wow that is crazy! How can anyone patent a corner? What next? Patent the square?
That judgement should be thrown out along with the judge who made it!
I'd like to see if Apple sue Nothing because I think they literally traced an iPhone on paper and then added gimmick lights. Even the lights look like an apple logo
Did patents actually did 1 good thing?