Nothing could have been Something.
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2025
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So it is oficially a shitphone.
Wow they've fallen hard in the last 24 hours
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.
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.
Nothing good will come of this.
Something
Man, Nothing really fell off . And dœs 3a Lite need to exist like at all ⁉️
Doesn't everyone know not to buy nothing by now?
Privacy, user control and consent means nothing to these companies.
With ongoing enshittification in the quest for the lowest common denominator, why it might as well be mandatory to keep a 3310.
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.
Nothing would be a great brand name if they were dedicated to making good phones without any bloatware.
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You were supposed to be the fucking CHOSEN ONE
Don't stake your hopes on anyone or any entity and you will never be disappointed
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Nothing already lost me when they put a tiny, useless OLED screen on the back of their flagship and called it innovation. They had something really great with the Glyph lights for two generations, so of course they ditched that technology completely.
Not even Unihertz put Facebook garbage on their new Titan 2 phone. And they also have an OLED on the back. A much bigger one. For a fraction of the price.
Welp, and some people hypothesized Nothing would be the secret manufacturer that GrapheneOS works with. Hope not, I'm not sure what Nothing would get out of it with these kinds of actions.
I still think it’s Motorola.
I'd like that. I've enjoyed being on Motorola for the last few phones. Good, serviceable, middle-of-the-road priced phones and a company that doesn't think so highly of themselves that the majority of the price amounts to a prestige tax. (ahem...Apple and Samsung)
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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.
Just what the world needed
Oh good, one less phone to consider.
I would literally sooner intentionally install malware in my phone than anything from Meta.
How much does a phone manufacturer get when they do these pre-inatalled app deals?
Apparently enough to destroy the reputation over it.
To me I'm most supprised on this one, I mean, wasn't the whole point of the nothing to be a phone that doesn't distract you as much, lets you stay in the moment.
what the hell kind of partnership is this. This is as dumb as say an electric vehicle company partnering up with climate change deniers
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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.
They are pivoting to a new customer base, people who are vaguely aware privacy is a concern but aren't capable of figuring out nothing phones are a scam.
FUCK THAT
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.
Nothing's new.
FTFY
Bummer, I thought nothing was a good brand.
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/
Nothing says 'I'm shitty' more than naming yourself 'Nothing'. Oh, wait, using meta/facebook makes you even shittier.
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This is a major bummer. I was kinda rooting for them to be the OEM that GOS would be working with.
Before reading this, it would have never occurred to me that anyone even considered this possibility. And thank God it's not happening. Their phones are abysmal dogshit.
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Thanks for reporting it. I was eyeing a 3a phone, but no more.
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