Akis, I appreciate the âtransparency,â but this is a terrible misstep. As an owner of the Phone (3a) Pro, I feel completely misled.
I, and countless others, didnât choose Nothing for the specs (others packs much better specs on paper than you) ; we chose it for the design and the promise of a minimal, bloat-free OS. That was your entire identity.
Trying to justify Lock Glimpse and pre-installed partner apps by saying âitâs necessary for marginsâ or âother brands do itâ misses the point. We didnât buy those other brands. We chose Nothing because you were supposed to be different.
The Pixel âaâ series offers a clean Android experience in the same price (28 -35k) with none of this forced monetization. Mind you their price drops a lot. But, they still make those devices without any compromise. Tbh I chose nothing over pixel 8a for 2 reasons, pixel has huge ugly bezels and it doesnât have essential space or glyph lights. If Nothing was planning to introduce bloats such as lockscreen glimpse Iâd chose 8a over 3a pro anyday.
You say Lock Glimpse âdoesnât disrupt the Nothing OS experience.â It absolutely does. The mere presence of a lock screen ad feature, even if off by default, breaks the core value proposition. It changes the operating system from a blank canvas to a potential ad platform.
My Choice is Now Simple
I bought into the âNothing way.â If the âNothing wayâ now includes features like Lock Glimpse to generate revenue, then my loyalty ends here.
I will either be flashing a custom ROM to get the clean experience back, or
I will be selling/trading in my Phone (3a) for a Pixel âaâ series device.
If you include this on a budget phones like CMF phones thatâd make sense. But, on on nothing a series? Thatâs a no for me.
Consider this my vote. If this isnât reversed for the flagship/mainline products, youâve lost me as a customer forever. You built this brand on being anti-bloat. Donât compromise the one thing that made you unique.
