Nothing removes controversial lock screen ads, but there's a catch Comments
- TechNerd23
- xGv
at least nothing has unlockable bootloaders so you dont have to put up with this bs
Furkan, 12 Jan 2026i dont care i buy Nothing 4 Phone ;) i love Carl Pei world best hero there is no such thing as Nothing Phone 4 lmao
- Furkan
- pT4
BackTrack5R3, 12 Jan 2026Well, they already make ugly and stupid phones, now they can get rid of the ads in their asses... morei think 4a pro and nothing 4 phone design is better tthan 3
- Furkan
- pT4
Rosso, 10 Jan 2026Ah, so now they want to show ads on the home screen. Thanks for letting me know never to bu... morebut Nothing software is way better than Xiaomi lol
- Furkan
- pT4
rach42, 11 Jan 2026I guess the 3a will be my first and last Nothing. RIPi dont care
i buy Nothing 4 Phone ;)
i love Carl Pei world best hero
- BackTrack5R3
- nbr
Well, they already make ugly and stupid phones, now they can get rid of the ads in their asses. Crazy Displays, Cameras, Sound, Batteries and Quality and they will decorate it with ads for me another time! It is precisely because of Ads that I do not buy anything from Xiaomi, Redmi, Poco. I will never buy a phone from Nothing.
They do not even put a charger only for the Greatest Indians, Crazy for them they have an Original charger! Oh Carl Pei, declare bankruptcy and disappear from the Mobile Market, Crazy Poor Incompetent who makes Trash with Other People's Money and then wonders why his sales are not going well!
- Anonymous
- AST
Anonymouse, 11 Jan 2026From all the comments here, this is the best comment 👍🏻👍🏻 "Pei, you left OnePlus bec... moreinitially nothing was something different now its nothing different
- Anonymous
- j}r
Sounds a lot like the default Windows lockscreen. Which I also dislike.
- Anonymous
- YYX
Anonymous, 11 Jan 2026Realistically, ads aren't going anywhere and more sites, even YouTube, will be paywalled ... moreGoogle isn’t dumb enough to paywall it.
- Anonymous
- YYX
Klaus Squab, 10 Jan 2026You vill eat zee bugs You vill own Nothing And you vill be heppiLmao! 🤣!
- Anonymous
- YYX
Anonymous , 10 Jan 2026I have a 3a and never had ads. Some require a swipe left and if I can't see them without ... moreFirst you said you never had them, then you said you do….
- Anonymous
- YYX
Anonymous, 10 Jan 2026next step will be you need to watch ad to unlockIf that day comes, I’ll stop using phones.
- Anonymous
- YYX
rizki1, 10 Jan 2026how is that considered ads? wouldn't it be better if the lock screen wallpaper changed al... moreWallpapers aren’t ads. And read what’s under “Display on lock screen.”
- Anonymous
- 8qg
Updates disabled. Last phone from this company. thx.
- Anonymous
- XNY
Realistically, ads aren't going anywhere and more sites, even YouTube, will be paywalled at some point. The answer is simple.. you can't expect quality content for free and adblockers aren't quite extremely widespread yet (especially on mobile). In due time.. so I encourage everyone to enjoy it while it lasts.
- Anonymous
- I@H
Rosso, 10 Jan 2026Ah, so now they want to show ads on the home screen. Thanks for letting me know never to bu... moreNo one should be buying phones from a company that couldn't provide replacement parts for their products.
- Hugo
- fC%
Can anyone recommend any brand which doesn't have ads now.
- Anonymouse
- PxE
tsukimi, 10 Jan 2026Pei, you left OnePlus because you were tired of the flagship killer price wars and wanted to o... moreFrom all the comments here, this is the best comment 👍🏻👍🏻
"Pei, you left OnePlus because you were tired of the flagship killer price wars and wanted to open a new, more brand-driven path.
And yes, you’ve had some success."
Small success
But it turn out
It's not scalable
Only a few really interested in what Pei think as the perfect phone
And this make this idea "unsustainable"
Or let me put it this way
While a lot of people screaming they don't want ads
It turn out that price still command a huge weight in buying decision
And Pei feel that he can't compete with other brand if he didn't follow the trend
"But looking at things now, what really changed?"
Either the math doesn't add up or he's getting greedy
"The battlefield just moved from highend to midrange, and you’ve been pulled back into price competition, now relying on ads shown to users to secure profits."
Actually, low end also starting to get squish
Most phobe now mid range & high-end
Because a lot of those low end user upgrade to midrange when they have money
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