You were supposed to be the fucking CHOSEN ONE

Ratchet mechanism of enshittification: click

I once had a phone with uninstallable Facebook bullshit and it is more than mildly infuriating. Fuck Nothing, they are dead to me now. This is unforgivable.

Thanks for Nothing!

Wow, nothing is a shit name, for one. On the other hand, this being reported on a website that requires tracking consent to view. I want a new Timeline.

Oh good, one less phone to consider.

I would literally sooner intentionally install malware in my phone than anything from Meta.

FUCK THAT

Bruh. This is truly surprising. I feel like for a phone like this, it must be like 90% of the target market that would hate this? Seems like an unimaginably bad business decision. Of course, if FB gave them enough money, then this is kinda like taking a bribe to stop competing.

So I've been holding onto my OnePlus 6T because it was the closest thing to a Nexus after they destroyed it and migrated it into the Pixel program.

I've been eyeballing Nothing for a while now, but it looks like before I could even get one, they're already off the market for me.

So, the Nothing 3a, AKA The Something.

The problem with Meta (also russian Yandex) is that it was caught having web-side trackers that send stuff to localhost, where it gets caught by Meta apps and then sent to Zucker servers. This two-bit scheme was noticed by researchers and isn't there anymore, but it is a clear display why having these apps preinstalled is a problem. Regular ads are better than Mark looking over your shoulder whenever his meta pixel triggers.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/meta_pauses_android_tracking_tech/

Bummer, I thought nothing was a good brand.

Nothing's new.

FTFY

Nothing could have been Something.

Thanks for reporting it. I was eyeing a 3a phone, but no more.

Wait they are monetizing this hard so soon? They barely launched the brand

So it is oficially a shitphone.

Can they even be removed with adb?

> nothing

look inside > thing

scammed

Wow they've fallen hard in the last 24 hours

Disappointing.

I bought one of their phones nearly a year ago. The UI was... Not great, IMO, but I was able to re-skin it. The SD card slot was the biggest reason for me. Well, now I know taht my next phone is going to be a Pixel with Graphene installed.

i knew they was fake as shit bro

Surely this can still removed with ADB?

This is a major bummer. I was kinda rooting for them to be the OEM that GOS would be working with.

how much do these places pay to make their apps into terminal cancer that cant be excised.

Nothing says 'I'm shitty' more than naming yourself 'Nothing'. Oh, wait, using meta/facebook makes you even shittier.

ah too bad... I got one for me and one for my wife earlier this year, we liked them... but these would be our last based on this crap

Gotta be possible to remove with root permissions, no chance I'd let that spyware sit on my phone

I thought nothing was going to be the OG oneplus, bringing flagship killers at decent prices. Not the case, I got the first ear ones, had heaps of issues, no help from support and they stopped updating them. Years go by, looking for a watch, try the CMF watch by nothing, I've had nothing but connection issues and bugs and a dislike for the weird lack of customisation (can't make a timer widget unless its one of the set times they choose? Why??) It's put me off ever getting a phone by nothing.

Nothing good will come of this.

Not at all surprising for anyone who followed this company for a while. They've pretty much been all marketing. The phones are far from what they are advertised to be. Hell, it'd be great if they at least worked properly.

Sad.....

Something

Besides the point but man, that phone looks hideous.

I like the look of the 3a, but this one just looks lazy.

Doesn't everyone know not to buy nothing by now?

Is there atleast roms?

Man, Nothing really fell off . And dœs 3a Lite need to exist like at all ⁉️

With ongoing enshittification in the quest for the lowest common denominator, why it might as well be mandatory to keep a 3310.

This is one of the main reasons I don't run Android, the bloatware that comes with the phone that can’t be removed without root.