If you don’t like the bloatware… unlock the bootloader and install a custom rom! Luckily Xiaomi allows you to unlock the bootloader if you have a global variant.

Oh jeez, enshittification is so fast with today’s companies…

I have the TP-Link UB500 V2 and it works flawlessly on my PC with Fedora. I use it to connect my phone for making phone calls, and also to connect my wireless headphones and my dualsense. No problems whatsoever. It supports Bluetooth 5.3 and has the aptX HD codec.

The only problem I noticed is that if I do bluetooth tethering with my phone, the audio (from my phone to my computer) lags a lot, but I guess that’s normal because the tethering uses up bandwidth meant for the audio transmission.

https://support.torproject.org/tor-browser/security/tor-browser-for-android-no-trackers/

The trackers detected are:

• Glean (Mozilla telemetry service)
• Sentry

You can inspect them in App Manager if you have root, and disable the specific activities and providers from the app if you care about this.

Mullvad Browser for the win!