Whether you like it or not is not the issue.

The issue is, as with most modern OSs, that the OS itself is chock full of spyware.

You can use MIUI by Xiaomi.eu. It’s a custom rom based on Chinese MIUI.

Chinese MIUI has more features than the other regional roms. Everytime they showcase a new MIUI version most of the features only arrive to the Chinese rom, all other regions get just basic stuff.