The only thing the pixel event is convincing anyone is that Kimmel is the superior Jimmy.
Comment on Samsung schedules Galaxy event 5 days before Apple's
drmoose@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Seems like Google with the Pixel event and now Samsung aim for Apple crowd in the US. Apple has been really lagging behind leaving an opportunity to convince people on switching.
blitzen@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
drmoose@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The event was awful but my point still stands - google and samsung smell blood and believe they can convert apple users to android users. They are kinda right objectively speaking Apple was never as stagnant as it is today.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 6 days ago
They are the least innovative tech company listed. They are aimless and fear change. Apple Intelligence being what breaks them is unfortunate because they will take the wrong learning and take away their uniqer characteristic of being privacy focused.
I would actually move to apple if they werent so closed down and boring, if they stay with on device provacy focused AI people like me would switch. Then again teir pricing is shocking.
drmoose@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I wouldn’t say least innovative but they’ve been asleep for a very long time. Generally I wouldn’t mind it but apple is clearly dragging down the entire tech sector on purpose. It’s giving IBM or Oracle
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
I’m out of the loop, what happened?
blitzen@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Jimmy Fallon “hosted” the Pixel event. Besides being corporate slop, Fallon just sucks.
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
I agree he sucks, I didn’t know if he did something specific while hosting.
FireWire400@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I’m sure he had fun talking about the amazing improvements they made to the Pixel 9; the checks notes APU. Everything else is is kinda the same.
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
I’d consider switching to a Samsung phone if it didn’t contain a bunch of bloat. Don’t have ads in the operating system, don’t block side loading, don’t be loaded with telemetry. Don’t have software features in the phone that you need to subscribe for, don’t have in app purchases for the default apps that come with the phone.
If they get to this point, then they are on par with iPhone. Google seems to be closer, but they are behind in performance.
I’m happy to get a $700ish iPhone that I will use for 4-5 years.
If a phone has preinstalled apps that can be removed, I’m pretty much not even remotely interested.
drmoose@lemmy.world 6 days ago
This is such a perplexing take. All of your worries apply to Apple even more so and yet you have no problem with that?
gray@pawb.social 6 days ago
Some real fanboyism going on in here.
Every Samsung phone I’ve had came with Facebook, onedrive, bixby, AR Emoj, and a bunch of other stuff. You can remove almost everything from an iPhone except the App Store.
drmoose@lemmy.world 6 days ago
You can also disable these apps and remove them without root too (using magisk). You can’t remove a bunch of stuff from ios too and you can’t even use the phone without apple account. You can’t even use any other web browser that isn’t safari based - isn’t that crazy?
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Other than telemetry, can you point them out as I’m not aware of those in the iPhone.
drmoose@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Ios has full telemetry, blocks sideloading to the point it’s literally making news right now for blocking iTorrent on alt store that just got forced out of Apple by EU regulators and a billion other reasons Apple is holding the society hostage for their profits.
emmanuel_car@fedia.io 6 days ago
I guess side loading is sort of possible on an iPhone, but not something an average user is going to do. From my limited Android experience, it seems much easier there, for better or worse.
What software features does Samsung lock behind subscription? The only thing that comes to mind with Apple is Apple One, but that’s for content and cloud storage, not things we’d expect for free.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
Ads in the settings app (for example Try iCloud!), ads and bloat on the home screen (for example Apple Watch app preinstalled even though you don’t have one), side loading blocked.
foggenbooty@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I have a Samsung S23 and literally none of the issues you describe. I swapped the launcher out but other than that it’s stock. I don’t use any of the Samsung services so yes, there is some bloat there, but it takes up minimal storage so it’s not a big deal.
I have sideloading, don’t have any subscriptions, have amazing Work/Private sandboxing, and I have DeX which is so damn good. I came from Pixels and I honestly thing a lot of the tweaks Samsung makes to Android are real fixes to things Google ignores. It’s not perfect, of course, but I’m not seeing much better from Apple or Google right now.
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
From the androids I’ve used, cheap/old ones, on the main screen when you swipe all the way to the left, it always loads Google news.
Can that be disabled on your Samsung? I’m asking, not as a criticism, but genuinely. I really think dexmode is really cool. I think I could do all my work with just a Samsung and dex mode.
foggenbooty@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s a feature of the launcher. I use Nova Launcher, but there are plenty of others to choose from that don’t do that. The launcher is essentially the “home screen or desktop” of your phone, including the app drawer. It can be swapped out depending on taste. So with that changed the only thing that remains “Samsungy” is the notification shade and the main settings menu.