TekTok 0256 - RIP OnePlus / Poland bans trash streamers / Sitting in Minecraft / RIP Tek Syndicate artwork

TekTok 0256 - RIP OnePlus / Poland bans trash streamers / Sitting in Minecraft / RIP Tek Syndicate

TekTok = Tech Talk / Tech News

July 27, 2026

(0:00) A weekly technology podcast and tech talk from Estonia (3:52) OnePlus confirms shutdown in the US and Europe, ending months of speculation (21:32) This PC gamer turned old SSDs into gorgeous cartridges for Steam games (24:11) Poland bans “trash streams” with prison sentences for streamers...
Speakers: Siim Kuusik
**Siim Kuusik** (0:02)
Why hello there, good people of the Internet.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:06)
It is me, it is Sunday.

**Siim Kuusik** (0:09)
And let's gonna have some fun, shall we? Oh yeah, I forgot to put this up. Anyways, so... Oh, the music might be too loud. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Turning down the music a little bit, also from my side. Why hello there. I hope you are all doing well. And yes, I am fully aware that I kind of skipped last week, but nevertheless, I will make it up this week, shall we? I have some pretty important updates for you.
Yes, but not before I do the obligatory sharing this stream on to the other social medias, because some people rely on the Instagram notifications, apparently. I know, it's like, what is it? 2012 or something? Was Instagram a thing 14 years ago? I don't know. Anyway, doesn't matter.
Yep.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:22)
Yep. Yep.

**Siim Kuusik** (1:22)
Yep. So location paste.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:26)
Where is it?

**Siim Kuusik** (1:26)
Link. Paste.
All right.
So.
All right, all done. By the way, ice coffee with ice cream and hot chocolate. I mean, it's called cacao in this country, but yes, hot chocolate with ice cream and some ice, and some coffee and some milk. Oh, I love it.
OK, maybe I should close my window before I get the police call to my house here. Any house. So is everything working out? Which works? Kick stream started successfully. OK, but where is it? Where is it? Yes, stream started successful, but where is the stream? Please. OK, refresh. Which works? Kick. OK, there it goes. Facebook also technically works. But please message me only on here, on YouTube, because this is the only chat I monitor. OK. All right. So, yes, I don't know. Let's dive in right in. Why not? So, it's a little bit off. OK, this is a big one. This is pretty much the biggest news of the week. Loads of film.

**SPEAKER_2** (3:34)
Good morning.

**Siim Kuusik** (3:37)
Yes, I can scream because I just closed my window, and that's why I'm comfortable screaming and without the neighbors calling police to my house. Anyways, this is a big one. OnePlus shutting down in US and Europe. So OnePlus is just a random China company. I mean, it's basically the China company. The one. Oh, yeah. What is this? I don't want to. I want. Anyways.
Is there? The OnePlus is pretty much... I'm pretty sure the mark... Oh, OK. Huawei. OK, it's behind Huawei, probably.
Global. OK, I didn't prepare this, but Global Smartphone Market Share 2026, I guess.
Oppo and Weibo. What the hell? Oh, yeah, Xiaomi, right. That's... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It has only OnePlus. Cheap price. Yeah, I mean, OnePlus is not even cheap anymore, because they were cheap at the beginning, yes, but...
Otters, OK, yeah, it doesn't register. Xiaomi and... Wait. Oh, yeah, Huawei is technically not even on the... Technically on the Google Play Store thing anymore, so... Kind of makes sense. OK, yeah. Oppo and Vivo. Yeah, Oppo, by the way, Oppo is... The... What is it called? Mother company? No. Parent company. The parent company of...
OnePlus. Oppo and OnePlus, was it? Oh, I don't want to... Oppo and... Yeah, same company.
Yes, exactly. OnePlus is a subsidiary. So Oppo is the parent company, and the OnePlus is the daughter company, technically.
And that's why they have like...
A lot of the chargers are the same. They don't have technically the same operating system, because OnePlus has Oxygen OS, and Oppo has Color OS or something? Oppo OS... Color OS, right? Yes! Oh, yes, I know my facts. Color OS. They are very similar, but they are technically different. Color OS and... Yeah, Oxygen OS. Anyway, so, they are, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, here it is also. So, basically, again, they are not shutting down in India just yet, and well, which is the biggest market for them. So that's why they are still like... But OnePlus 15 is not even cheap, Lord of the Realm, by the way. OnePlus 15...
How about Estonian pricing? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what I mean. Basically, a thousand euros. Yeah, yeah. Like what? But this will be, if you want to... What is this? Unending Gear and Sword. Okay. Nice job, Estonian site. Okay. And what is this? 6.78? What is this? Okay, the screen size. Okay.
That's why they are leaving. Nobody wants to buy a 1000 euro China. I'm letting you in into a secret lot of them. Also, they are all made in China, by the way, even the Apple and the Samsung ones.
But yes, technically, the brand is like.

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