Probably a case of “takes one to know one”, i.e. they have some sort of profitable deals for pre-loading apps on their phones and don’t want them to be wiped easily.
yeah, Xiaomi isn’t exactly against bloatware, otherwise they wouldn’t be installing every single google app as a system app with no option of deletion xD
they say it’s intended to stop unofficial resellers from installing bloated ROMs. you can read more about it at the bottom of this page: https://c.mi.com/thread-2262302-1-0.html#replybtn_11131246
Probably a case of “takes one to know one”, i.e. they have some sort of profitable deals for pre-loading apps on their phones and don’t want them to be wiped easily.
yeah, Xiaomi isn’t exactly against bloatware, otherwise they wouldn’t be installing every single google app as a system app with no option of deletion xD