Also cheap compared to Canada, especially around the great lakes region. Across the lake in Canada is one of the most unaffordable places to live in the country, along with the southwest coast

I’ve had this feature on my phone for quite a while since it’s MIUI. But the issue I’ve had is that it will decrease the volume even when I’m connected to Bluetooth speakers or my car where it’s easier to max the volume on the phone and control the volume on the speakers

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For that price point I’ve had a really good time with using Xiaomi phones. Specifically the Redmi Note series. They’re similarly cheap but they’re built well and feel expensive, not with a plastic case or anything like that.

The idea that media companies in the the west are subservient to the interests of capital and the military industrial state isn’t even a “tankie” take on the left. Similar ideas have been espoused by many people across the left, the most famous of which being Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky.