We are located in China and Xiaomi, on the ROMs in the mother country, has services that we dream of. Services that can certainly be useful, but also others that are really “dangerous”. One of these concerns advertising. As we know, on ROMs MIUI Global it is possible to eliminate advertisements. But what happens if we click on one of them? Very often an application download starts. Well, that's exactly why Xiaomi was sentenced in China. And how much compensation is it? 1 yuan, equal to 13 euro cents. But let's go and see the story that is unbelievable for some.
Xiaomi was sentenced in China to compensation of 1 yuan for the cost of the connection and only for a click-to-download service!
As we said, Xiaomi on its MIUI offers advertisements that are mainly used for the sustenance of the development team. We know how the prices of the company's devices are low and must hang somewhere: only through advertisements is it possible to raise some money. But having said that, such advertisements are sometimes very subtle because if you click on them, they come download applications. Very often it is about games, but also about e-commerce if you want. A Chinese user named Fan decided to stick out complaint to Xiaomi because such a download would consume traffic.
The amount that Xiaomi was forced to pay, according to the source, and of 1 yuan equal to 13 euro cents at the current exchange rate. Now, we shouldn't be surprised by this figure as tariffs in China are very cheap. Furthermore, the cost of living is lower, so what we buy with 13 cents, there, with 1 yuan, we buy it 5 times.
In any case, the problem is reportedly this: i Xiaomi advertising links provide a click-to-download "service" and the company's obtaining permission to download in advance violated the user's right to be informed. In essence, Xiaomi was asked to communicate in advance of the possibility of downloading of applications.
