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neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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?

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- gray@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.
  
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  - drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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?
    
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    gray@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    That is completely false. You can setup an iPhone and place a phone call without an Apple account.
    
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- neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Other than telemetry, can you point them out as I’m not aware of those in the iPhone.
  
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  - drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.
    
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    neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I’m not saying Apple is better, but being the same as Apple is not going to get anyone to switch. They have to be better. This regression is a big step back and side loading was the biggest draw to Android for me personally.
    
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    prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I was an anti Apple hater too before I learned tech tribalism is dumb.
    
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  - emmanuel_car@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.
    
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    neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    My understanding was that the s24 had ai features that were free for a year that later turned into a subscription to use. I don’t know if that has changed or not.
    
    If not, I wonder if the photos app has some advertisement to subscribe when you open editing even if not using ai features.
    
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  - dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.
    
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    neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    iCloud is a fair point, but the Apple watch app can be deleted. Can Facebook be deleted from a Samsung phone if it’s preinstalled? Level 1 techs podcast occasionally mentions apps being downloaded to the phone automatically.
    
    Does that stuff really happen on Samsung?
    
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foggenbooty@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

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- neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.
  
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  - foggenbooty@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.
    
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    neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Does switcher the launcher affect the performance in some way? I think I read somewhere that the default launcher is still running or something. But that didn’t really make sense to me.
    
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