Hi @Akis
Here are my thoughts on this as an Nothing Phone 3a Pro user:
Honestly, the actual impact on me as a user seems minimal right now. I can just uninstall the apps and keep that “Lock Glimpse” feature turned off. My phone will stay smooth and clean.
However, the damage to the brand’s reputation is severe. I always felt Nothing’s most valuable asset wasn’t its transparent design or the Glyph lights; it was its trust and its entire identity as the “clean OS” company. By compromising on that identity for financial reasons, they’ve just shown the community that their core promise was conditional.
It’s a Bad Sign: To me, this is a bad sign for their brand identity. It signals that the “clean OS” promise is secondary to their financial targets.
It’s a Good (or Necessary) Sign: On the other hand, I can see how it could be interpreted as a pragmatic sign of a company maturing. They are facing the financial realities of having to compete and survive long-term.
Ultimately, it feels like Nothing has to decide which is more important: staying 100% true to its original, pure ideal, or making a small compromise to ensure it’s still around in five years to make phones at all. I think the community is so angry right now because we were all sold the ideal, and now we’re being handed the compromise.
